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SAMPLE PAPER

CREST English Olympiad (CEO)

Syllabus for CEO is available at https://www.crestolympiads.com/ceo-syllabus

Pattern and Marking Scheme

Class Topic/Section No. of Marks per Questions Total Marks
Questions
English Language 25 1 25
Achiever’s Section 10
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1 to 4 2 20
Grand Total 35 - 45
English Language 40 1 40
5th to 10th Achiever’s Section 10 2 20
Grand Total 50 - 60

1. Choose the word that has a different vowel sound from the rest of the group:

a) Cup b) Come

c) Arm d) Bus

2. The following group of words is arranged alphabetically except:

a) sale, sell, shell, sink, spoon b) ball, bell, bill, blue, bold
c) parrot, pickle, pen, pray, psychology d) hand, has, hen, high, hole

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3. Fill in the blanks with the suitable set of articles:

The New York City is compared to __________ apple. It is called ‘_________ Big
Apple’.

a) a, A b) an, The
c) the, A d) a, An

4. Give an appropriate answer for the following:

Which word matches the picture?

a) Wine b) Dine
c) Sign d) Pine

5. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture:

The child is ____________.

a) Walking b) Talking
c) Climbing d) Running

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6. Choose the noun from the sentence:

I helped the old woman cross the busy road.

a) busy b) woman
c) I d) old

7. Fill in the blank with the correct answer:

Piglets are the young ones of _________.

a) kangaroos b) dogs
c) lions d) pigs

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8. Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
They have gone to the market to _______ vegetables.

a) by b) buy
c) bye d) bay

Achiever’s Section

9. Fill in the blank with the correct verb:

Aranya ___ getting some more books from the library.

a) have b) is
c) will d) has

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10. Identify the picture and fill in the blanks to form the correct spelling:
UMBR_LL_

a) UMBRALLE
b) UMBRELLE
c) UMBRELLA
d) UMBRALLA

Answers

1. c) 2. c) 3. b), 4. d) 5 d) 6. b) 7. d) 8. b) 9. b) 10. c)