English Olympiad Practice Test 1 — IEO-style (Class 2)
A free Maths, Science, English and Reasoning Olympiads (IMO, NSO, IEO style) practice paper for Grade 2 in the format of the real test: 35 questions in 60 minutes, covering Word and Structure Knowledge; Reading; Spoken and Written Expression; Achievers' Section. Word and Structure Knowledge (20 questions), Reading (5 questions) and Spoken and Written Expression (5 questions) carry 1 mark each. Achievers' Section (5 questions) carries 2 marks each. Total 40 marks. The portal counts each answer once. Choose the best answer and answer every question — there is no penalty for a wrong answer. Attempt it online — every question is marked instantly and the correct answers are shown at the end.
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Q1. Which word is spelt correctly?
Q2. Which word is spelt correctly?
Q3. The rabbit is very quick.
Which word means the SAME as quick?
Q4. Which word is the OPPOSITE of empty?
Q5. Fill in the blank.
I can ____ the birds singing.
Q6. Fill in the blank.
Tina has ____ pencils in her box.
Q7. Aunty said, 'It is raining cats and dogs outside.'
What does she mean?
Q8. Which word is a naming word (noun)?
Q9. Which is the action word (verb) in this sentence?
The baby claps her hands.
Q10. The tall girl has a red bag.
Which word describes the bag?
Q11. Fill in the blank.
Rohan is my brother. ____ is seven years old.
Q12. What is the plural (more than one) of child?
Q13. Which word comes FIRST in ABC (alphabetical) order?
Q14. Which one is correct?
Q15. The ball is below the table.
So, the ball is ____ the table.
Q16. Fill in the blank.
Yesterday, we ____ to the zoo.
Q17. Fill in the blank.
Look! The dog ____ after the ball now.
Q18. Fill in the blank.
My sisters ____ in the park every evening.
Q19. Which sentence is written correctly?
Q20. Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?
Meera and her grandfather made a kite on Saturday. They used old newspaper, two thin sticks and some glue. Meera painted a big yellow sun on it.
On Sunday morning, they went to the park. The wind was strong. Grandfather held the string, and Meera ran across the grass. Up, up, up went the kite!
Suddenly, the kite got stuck in a mango tree. Meera felt like crying. Then a boy named Arjun came with a long stick. He gently pulled the kite down. One corner of the kite was torn.
'Don't worry,' said Grandfather. 'We can fix it with a little paper and glue.'
That evening, Meera mended the kite. The next day, she took it back to the park and flew it with her new friend, Arjun.
Q21. What did Meera paint on the kite?
Q22. Where did the kite get stuck?
Q23. Who pulled the kite down from the tree?
Q24. How did Meera feel when the kite got stuck?
Q25. In the story, Meera mended the kite. What does mended mean?
Q26. Teacher: 'Good morning, children!'
Children: '____'
Q27. Anil drops his pencil. Sara picks it up and gives it to him.
What should Anil say?
Q28. Put the words in the right order to make a sentence.
school / I / to / go / bus / by
Q29. Put these sentences in the right order to make a story.
P: She planted it in a pot.
Q: Riya got a seed.
R: Soon a small plant came up.
S: She watered it every day.
Q30. You want to borrow your friend's eraser. Which is the most polite way to ask?
Q31. Fill in the blank.
We saw a ____ of cows in the field.
Q32. Which sentence is correct?
Q33. Which ONE word fits in both sentences?
I saw a ____ flying at night.
Rahul hit the ball with his ____.
Q34. Which sentence is written correctly?
Q35. Tiny is to huge as noisy is to ____.
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