English Olympiad Practice Test 1 — IEO-style (Class 5)
A free Maths, Science, English and Reasoning Olympiads (IMO, NSO, IEO style) practice paper for Grade 5 in the format of the real test: 50 questions in 60 minutes, covering Word and Structure Knowledge; Reading; Spoken and Written Expression; Achievers' Section. Choose one answer (A–D) for each question. Word and Structure Knowledge (30), Reading (10) and Spoken and Written Expression (5) are 1 mark each; the Achievers' Section (5) is 3 marks each — 60 marks in all. There is no penalty for a wrong answer, so answer every question. The portal counts each answer once. Attempt it online — every question is marked instantly and the correct answers are shown at the end.
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Q1. Choose the correctly spelt word.
Q2. Which word is spelt incorrectly?
Q3. Choose the word closest in meaning to the word in bold.
The explorers were weary after the long trek.
Q4. Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to generous.
Q5. In which sentence is the word in capitals used correctly?
Q6. Which word sounds the same as flour but has a different meaning and spelling?
Q7. What does the idiom in bold mean?
Ananya's result was so good that she was on cloud nine.
Q8. What does the idiom in bold mean?
For Kabir, the spelling test was a piece of cake.
Q9. What does the idiom in bold mean?
Nikhil let the cat out of the bag about the surprise party.
Q10. Choose the one word for: a place where birds are kept.
Q11. What is the plural of knife?
Q12. What part of speech is the word in bold?
Shreya sang beautifully at the annual function.
Q13. Which word in the sentence is a collective noun?
A swarm of bees chased the boys across the field.
Q14. Which of these is an abstract noun?
Q15. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.
Meera and ______ went to the market to buy vegetables.
Q16. Choose the correct form of the verb.
By the time we reached the station, the train ______.
Q17. Choose the correct form of the verb.
My grandmother ______ in Jaipur since 2015.
Q18. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.
This is the ______ mango I have ever eaten.
Q19. Choose the correct articles.
She is ______ honest girl and wants to become ______ engineer.
Q20. Choose the correct articles.
______ Ganga is one of ______ longest rivers in India.
Q21. Choose the correct preposition.
The cat jumped ______ the wall and ran away.
Q22. Choose the correct preposition.
Rahul has been ill ______ Monday.
Q23. Choose the correct prepositions.
Riya is good ______ drawing but afraid ______ dogs.
Q24. Choose the correct verb.
Neither the teacher nor the students ______ aware of the change in the timetable.
Q25. Choose the correct verb.
Each of the boys ______ a new bicycle.
Q26. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Q27. Choose the passive voice of the sentence.
The chef cooked a delicious meal.
Q28. Choose the active voice of the sentence.
The letter will be posted by Aman tomorrow.
Q29. Choose the correct reported speech.
Sita said to me, "I will help you."
Q30. What kind of clause is the part in bold?
The book that you lent me was very interesting.
When Kavya's grandmother opened the old wooden trunk in the storeroom, Kavya expected to find saris or letters. Instead, she found dozens of small cloth bags, each tied with a piece of coloured thread. 'Seeds,' said Ajji, smiling. 'Some of these rice varieties have been grown in our family for over a hundred years.'
Kavya learnt that most farmers in their village now bought the same kind of seed from a shop in town every year. It gave a large harvest when the rains were good, but it needed plenty of water and fertiliser. The old varieties in the trunk gave smaller harvests, yet some of them could survive a dry spell, and one, a red rice called Kempu, was known for resisting pests.
'If nobody sows them, they will be lost for ever,' Ajji said. 'A seed is not like a coin. You cannot keep it in a box for fifty years and expect it to be worth the same. It must go back into the soil every few years, or it will not sprout.'
That evening Kavya had an idea. At school the next day, she asked her headmistress whether she could set up a 'seed library' in a corner of the school library. It would work just like a book library, with one difference. A farmer could borrow a small bag of seeds, but after the harvest he or she would return twice as many seeds as were borrowed. That way, the library would grow instead of shrinking.
The headmistress agreed, but some of the farmers were doubtful. 'Why should I risk my field on seeds my grandfather gave up?' asked Mr Gowda, who owned the largest farm in the village. Kavya did not argue. Instead, she persuaded her uncle to sow Kempu on one small strip of his land.
That year the monsoon arrived three weeks late. Many fields of the shop-bought rice dried up and turned brown. Her uncle's strip of Kempu, though not tall, stayed green, and at harvest time it gave a small but healthy crop. When Mr Gowda walked past and saw it, he stood looking at it for a long time.
The next June, he was the first person waiting at the seed library when it opened. By then, the shelves held 38 labelled jars, and a register listed the name of every borrower. Kavya had also added a new rule: every farmer who borrowed seeds had to write one line in the register about how the crop grew. 'Seeds remember the land,' Ajji told her, 'but people forget. This register will help us remember too.'
Q31. What did Kavya expect to find in the trunk?
Q32. According to the passage, what is one advantage of the shop-bought seed?
Q33. What does Ajji mean when she says, 'A seed is not like a coin'?
Q34. How was the seed library different from a book library?
Q35. In paragraph 5, the word doubtful is closest in meaning to
Q36. Why did Kavya get her uncle to sow Kempu instead of arguing with Mr Gowda?
Q37. What happened to the Kempu rice when the monsoon arrived late?
Q38. What can you infer about Mr Gowda from the last paragraph?
Q39. According to Ajji, how will the register help?
Q40. Which of these best describes the main idea of the passage?
Q41. Choose the best sentence to fill the gap in the conversation.
Shopkeeper: Good morning! How may I help you?
Aditi: ______
Shopkeeper: Certainly. They are ₹45 each. How many would you like?
Q42. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to make a paragraph.
P: Then she poured some of the batter into a hot pan.
Q: First, Mother mixed flour, milk and an egg in a bowl.
R: After a minute, she flipped the pancake over.
S: Next, she whisked the mixture until it was smooth.
Q43. Which is the most polite way to ask a classmate for a pencil?
Q44. Choose the most suitable reply.
Neha: I'm sorry, I forgot to bring back your book today.
Tanvi: ______
Q45. Which sentence is written correctly?
Q46. In which sentence is the word light used as an adjective?
Q47. Which part of the sentence has an error?
One of my friends / have gone / to Shimla / for the holidays.
Q48. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
The scientist's explanation was so ______ that even the youngest children understood it.
Q49. Choose the correct reported speech.
The teacher said to Arjun, "Have you finished your homework?"
Q50. Choose the correct pair of words.
The loud music had a bad ______ on his concentration, and it ______ his work.
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