Organisation : Centre for Research and Exams in Science and Technology (CREST)
Contest Name : CREST CSB 2020 International Spell Bee Competition
Applicable For : Students of classes 1-8
Exam Date : 24th Jul 2020 to 27th Jul 2020
Website : https://www.crestolympiads.com/csb
CREST CSB
CREST International Spell Bee (Summer 2020) is India’s first Online Spelling Assessment for classes 1-8 which assesses students on the basis of Meaning, Spelling and Pronunciation of the words in English language.
Related / Similar Olympiad : CREST Olympiads CSB 2021
Hence, it will help students to foster their lexical development which forms the basis of English language.
CSB Exam Schedule
** Practice 1 (Answer Key Dates) – 22nd/23rd/25th/26th/27th May 2020 (29th-30th May 2020)
** Practice 2 (Answer Key Dates) – 9th/10th/11th/12th Jun 2020 (16th-17th Jun 2020)
** Level 1 Exam (Answer Key Dates) – 24th Jul 2020 / 25th Jul 2020 / 26th Jul 2020 / 27th Jul 2020 (2nd-4th Aug 2020)
** Level 2 Exam (Answer Key Dates) – 18th Aug 2020 / 19th Aug 2020 (24th-25th Aug 2020)
How To Participate?
Registration of Students through schools :
Students from classes 1-8 are eligible to give CREST International Spell Bee. Prospectus containing the registration forms are sent to all schools registered with CREST Olympiads for Spell Bee exam.
If your school is not registered with us, then please send an email to info [AT] crestolympiads.com and we will send you the prospectus soon. It is mandatory for schools to return the registration forms to CREST Olympiads, duly filled in and complete in all respects by the due date.
For individual participants :
If your school does not conduct Spell Bee, then you can register as an individual participant as well.
Register Here : https://www.crestolympiads.com/registration
Exam Fee
Exam fee for each subject is Rs. 225 for students studying and enrolling from India. For students studying and residing outside of India, the fee is $10 (US Dollars).
CSB Exam Levels
The exam consists of two sections
Section-1 : Spell Bee (55 minutes)
Section-2 : Rapid Fire (5 minutes)
Other Important Points :
** The assessments have been carefully designed by a team of English language experts.
** India’s first online proctored Spell Bee exam (Summer 2020).
** Online Rapid Fire round.
** Two levels of exam.
** Objective-type test that the students need to complete in 60 minutes.
Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme
Level 1 :
| Section Name | Section Details | 1st & 2nd | 3rd & 4th | 5th & 6th | 7th & 8th |
| Spell-o-Spell | Test your spelling skills | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Word Connection | Find antonyms, synonyms, masculine, feminine and other alternative words | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
| Word Makeup | Identify the right suffix, prefix and compound words | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| Mingle-Mangle | Form meaningful words from jumbled letters | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PictureSpeak | Answer image-based questions | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Word Cookie | Catch single letter spelling errors | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Word Melody | Write correct words based on phonetics | 4 | 4 | ||
| Word Ensemble | Check your knowledge of idioms, proverbs, etc. | 8 | 8 | ||
| Mathlish | Identify incorrect words while having fun with Maths | 8 | 8 | ||
| Word Chain | Link words based on a certain sequence | 4 | |||
| Rapid Fire | Hear and write the spelling of words quickly | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
| Grand Total | 40 | 60 | 80 | 80 |
Level 2 :
| Section Name | Section Details | 1st & 2nd | 3rd & 4th | 5th & 6th | 7th & 8th |
| Spell-o-Spell | Test your spelling skills | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Word Connection | Find antonyms, synonyms, masculine, feminine and other alternative words | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
| Word Makeup | Identify the right suffix, prefix and compound words | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| Mingle-Mangle | Form meaningful words from jumbled letters | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PictureSpeak | Answer image-based questions | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Word Cookie | Catch single letter spelling errors | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Word Melody | Write correct words based on phonetics | 4 | 4 | ||
| Word Ensemble | Check your knowledge of idioms, proverbs, etc. | 8 | 8 | ||
| Mathlish | Identify incorrect words while having fun with Maths | 8 | 8 | ||
| Word Chain | Link words based on a certain sequence | 4 | |||
| Rapid Fire | Hear and write the spelling of words quickly | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
| Grand Total | 40 | 60 | 80 | 80 |
Awards & Recognition
For students of classes 3-10 appearing for CEO, CSO and CMO exams, and for students of classes 1-8 appearing for CREST Spell Bee, the awards and recognition is as follows
** All students qualifying for Level 2 will be awarded with a merit certificate
** Top 40% students in Level 2 will be awarded with a medal and a merit certificate
** Overall Top 3 students from classes 1-10 for CREST Olympiads and from classes 1-8 for CREST Spell Bee will be awarded with Achiever’s Trophy and Merit certificate
** Every participant will be awarded a digital participation certificate. This will be available in the dashboard of the participant.
** If a student meets 2 or more criteria then he/she will qualify for a higher award
All the awards will be delivered to the participant’s school or residential address provided by the participant (or school on behalf of the participant) at the time of registration.
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