Grade 2

CREST English Olympiad (CEO)

Sample Paper
Pattern and Marking Scheme
Grade Topic/Section No. of Marks per Total
Questions Question Marks
Grade 2 English Language 25 1 25
Achiever’s Section 10 2 20
Grand Total 35 45

The total duration of the exam is 60 minutes.

Syllabus
Section 1: Collocations, Spellings, Words Related to Animals and their Sounds, Clothes, Body Parts,
Basic Emotions, Food, etc. Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Articles, Prepositions,
Conjunctions, Contractions, Word Order, Punctuation, Simple Tenses, Information Retrieval from
Various Text Types like Stories, Short Dialogues, Messages, Invitations, etc., Spoken and Verbal
Expressions like Thanking, Greeting, Permission, Introduction, etc.

Achievers Section: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section 1

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 English Language (Each Question is 1 Mark)
1. Read the given sentence and spot the adjective:
This book is based on a true story.

a. true b. based
c. book d. story

2. Spot the noun in the given sentence:

Switch on the light, it is getting dark.

a. switch b. getting
c. light d. it

3. Read the given sentence and spot the adjective:

Her hair is too curly.

a. hair b. her
c. too d. curly

4. Fill in the blank with the correct tense form:

My brother __________ in Bangkok.

a. has live b. lives

c. live d. living

5. Fill the blank with the correct tense form:

I __________ my homework, so my mom lets me play with my friends the entire Sunday.

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 a. do b. dos
c. does d. doing

6. Fill in the blanks with the correct set of verbs:

As I ________ my eyes, I ________ a beautiful girl in front of me.

a. opened, saw b. was opening, was seeing

c. opened, was seeing d. was opening, saw

7. Rearrange the words to make a meaningful sentence:

Play will you me with?

a. Will you play with me? b. Play will you me with?

c. With me will you play? d. Me play with will you?

8. Choose the option opposite to the word given in quotes:

Remember the book which I was reading, the story came to an "end".

a. over b. last
c. middle d. start

9. Choose the correct pronoun and fill in the blank:

We saw the movie. ______________ was fun.

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 a. It b. It's
c. Its d. Which

10. Fill in the blanks with the correct options:

He ________ up the ladder slowly because he didn’t want _______.

a. was climbing, fall b. climbed

c. climbed, to fall d. was climbing, falling

11. Rearrange the words to make a meaningful sentence:

Today / I / feeling / very / am / happy

a. Today I am feeling happy very, b. Am I feeling happy very today.

c. I am feeling very happy today. d. Feeling very happy today I am.

12. Complete the sentence with suitable preposition:

At the moment, he is recovering ________ his injuries. We have to thank God.

a. in b. at
c. with d. from

13. Select a suitable determiner and fill in the blank:

Mom : Look at the bowl of cherries there.
Me : _________ cherries are delicious!

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 a. Their b. This
c. That d. Those

14. Fill in the blank with the correct tense form:

My mother _______ a lot.

a. to shop b. shopping
c. shops d. shop

15. Fill in the blank with a suitable option:

A bookshelf is to a book as a refrigerator is to ________.

a. table b. cooking
c. stove d. milk

16. Read the given sentence and spot the noun:

He threw a ball on his face. This embarrassed both.

a. threw b. ball
c. his d. on

17. Read the given sentence and spot the adjective:

The house which Jack built was impressive.

a. house b. built
c. impressive d. which

18. Fill in the blank with a suitable article:

What time can I expect you _______ home?

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 a. a b. the
c. no article required d. an

19. Select a suitable determiner and fill in the blank:

I always keep ___________ money in my wallet for emergencies.

a. any b. every
c. some d. lot

20. Read the given sentence and spot the nouns:

The car moved fast and he had no control over it.

a. car and fast b. control and car

c. moved and over d. over and it

21. Read the following sentence and fill in the correct preposition:
We can only get to the camp ____________ foot.

a. with b. on
c. at d. for

22. Read the following sentence and fill in the correct preposition:
What are you talking ____________ ? I don’t understand a word of it.

a. about b. from
c. to d. of

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 23. Use appropriate punctuation marks in the given sentence:
The girls father sat in a corner

a. The girls father sat in a corner. b. The girl’s father, sat in a corner.
c. The girl’s father sat in a, corner. d. The girl’s father sat in a corner.

24. Read the following sentence and fill in the correct preposition:
I’ll show you the picture ____________ the palace.

a. from b. on
c. to d. of

25. Choose the correction option to fill in the blank:

The words "we have" can be shortened to __________________.

a. we've b. we'ave
c. wea've d. we'have

Achiever’s Section (Each Question is 2 Marks)

26. Understand the correct expression based on the picture:
"Can I please take your car for an hour, dad?"

a. requesting b. apology
c. angry d. either a or b

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 27. Find the word similar to one given in quotes:
Teacher "yelled" at me for not passing the test.

a. b.

shouted talked

c. d.

laughed played

28. Fill in the blank with a suitable option:

Nobody ________ that she is innocent.

a. beliefs b. believes
c. believe d. belief

29. Fill in the blank with an appropriate determiner:

There is very ______ money left in my piggy bank.

a. sum b. some
c. small d. little

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 30. Choose the pair that does not express a similar relationship to the one expressed in the given
pair of words:
carpenter: carpentry

a. b.

farmer: farming potter: pottery

c. d.

doctor: practice comedian: laugh

31. Write out the sentence adding capital letters, commas, full stops and question marks:
i like dogs cats horses and elephants

a. I like dogs/ cats/ horses/ elephants. b. I like dogs, cats, horses, elephants.
c. I like dogs, cats, horses and elephants. d. I like dogs; cats; horses; elephants.

32. Look at the given image and answer the question:

What does it denote?

a. It takes selfies. b. It takes videos.

c. It is a CCTV camera. d. It is a vacuum cleaner.

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 33. Fill in the blank with the correct punctuation mark:
Add Great ____ I am so happy that you scored really well on your unit test.

a. , b. ?
c. ! d. .

34. Fill in the blank with appropriate conjunction:

It's raining _____ take your umbrella.

a. but b. so
c. or d. because

35. Fill in the blank using appropriate verb that would complete the collocation:
Although the doctors tried hard, they couldn’t ______________ his life.

a. make b. bring
c. take d. save

Answer Key
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. b 5. a 6. a 7. a
8. d 9. a 10. c 11. c 12. d 13. d 14. c
15. d 16. b 17. c 18. c 19. c 20. b 21. b
22. a 23. d 24. d 25. a 26. a 27. a 28. b
29. d 30. d 31. c 32. c 33. c 34. b 35. d

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