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SEO - Shine English Olympiad Exam - 2024-2025

SEO - Shine English Olympiad

English language has become the step-mother language for the majority population of the country. With this understanding Shine English Olympiad (SEO) aims to test students in Fundamental aspects of written English language and its comprehension.

Shine English Olympiad exam is designed to test and improve English grammar, vocabulary and general language comprehension. SEO has been designed by Graposs Connect for Shine Olympiad and is appropriate for students in grades 3rd to 12th.

Shine English Olympiad (SEO) prepares students to compete in English Olympiad events and also to test their age-agnostic understanding of English language.

Available for classes 6th to 12th.
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Syllabus & Marking scheme

English

Syllabus

Nouns: Proper Nouns, Common Nouns, Collective Nouns, Abstract Nouns, Compound Nouns, Noun Cases, Countable and Uncountable Nouns; Pronouns: Personal, Possessive, Reflexive Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Indefinite Pronouns, Relative Pronouns; Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison, Adjectives of Quality, Adjectives of Quantity, Adjectives of number, Possessive Adjectives, Demonstrative Adjectives; Articles; Adverbs: Adverbs of time, Adverbs of Manner, Adverbs of Place, Intensifiers; Prepositions; Conjunctions; Verbs: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs, Modals, Primary Auxiliaries; Tenses ( All Twelve Tenses); Narration; Voice; Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms, One word Substitution, Spellings, Odd one out, Homonyms, Analogies, Acronyms and Abbreviations, Idioms; Figurative Language: Similes and Metaphors, Irony;

Marking scheme
Section Number of Questions
Basic Structure 25
Reading Comprehension 10
Writing Proficiency 10
Achiever’s Section 5
  • The Olympiad exam will have a total of 50 questions as per the table above.
  • 1 Mark shall be given for every correct answer.
  • There shall be no Negative marking.
  • Students shall be given 60 minutes to complete the test.
  • Percentile Ranks shall be given to all students.
  • Toppers shall be decided from the top percentile ranks on the basis of raw scores and time taken by the student to complete the exam.

Sample Questions

Q.1 Let’s walk _______________ , I don’t want to be the first one at the meeting.
  • a. quickly
  • b. slowly
  • c. suddenly
  • d. carefully
Q.2 I am so busy these days that I _______________ exercise. get any time to
  • a. probably
  • b. suddenly
  • c. hardly
  • d. usually
Q.3 You can _______________ find a word’s meaning in a dictionary.
  • a. rarely
  • b. nearly
  • c. always
  • d. ever
Q.4 I took my wallet _____________ the purse to pay the bill.
  • a. next to
  • b. along with
  • c. aside from
  • d. out of
Q.5 Are you working ______________ this computer?
  • a. on
  • b. in
  • c. to
  • d. from
Q.6 “His head was so full of ideas that it was ready to burst wide open.”
  • a. simile
  • b. metaphor
  • c. hyperbole
  • d. personification

English

Syllabus

Nouns: Proper Nouns, Common Nouns, Collective Nouns, Abstract Nouns, Compound Nouns, Noun Cases, Countable and Uncountable Nouns, Noun Classifiers; Pronouns: Personal, Possessive, Reflexive Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Indefinite Pronouns, Relative Pronouns; Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison, Possessive Adjectives, Demonstrative Adjectives, Quantifiers, Interrogatives, Adjective Phrases, ; Articles and Determiners; Adverbs: Adverbs of time, Adverbs of Manner, Adverbs of Place, Intensifiers, Adverbial Phrases, ; Prepositions; Conjunctions: Coordinating, Correlative, ; Verbs: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs, Modals, Auxiliaries, Strong and weak Verbs, Participles; Tenses ( All Twelve Tenses); Narration; Voice; Reading Comprehension, Concords and Collocations; Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms, One word Substitution, Spellings, Odd one out, Homonyms, Idioms/ Phrases/ Proverbs; Figurative Language: Similes and Metaphors, Irony, Personification ; Affixes

Marking scheme
Section Number of Questions
Basic Structure 25
Reading Comprehension 10
Writing Proficiency 10
Achiever’s Section 5
  • The Olympiad exam will have a total of 50 questions as per the table above.
  • 1 Mark shall be given for every correct answer.
  • There shall be no Negative marking.
  • Students shall be given 60 minutes to complete the test.
  • Percentile Ranks shall be given to all students.
  • Toppers shall be decided from the top percentile ranks on the basis of raw scores and time taken by the student to complete the exam.

Sample Questions

Q.1 Santosa Island is an example of _________________ .
  • a. common noun
  • b. proper noun
  • c. collective noun
  • d. abstract noun
Q.2 A noun represents a/an ______________
  • a. person, place or action
  • b. person, place, thing or idea
  • c. person, place, thing or action
  • d. person and action
Q.3 Dhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is an example of :
  • a. common noun
  • b. proper noun
  • c. material noun
  • d. abstract noun
Q.4 The thief through that he ____________ away with the small robbery
  • a. can
  • b. could
  • c. had
  • d. does
Q.5 We _______ bought more clothes on sale.
  • a. will have
  • b. Should have
  • c. could had
  • d. can have
Q.6 After a storm _______________
  • a. don’t fix it
  • b. comes a calm
  • c. come to an end
  • d. do unto you

English

Syllabus

Nouns: Proper Nouns, Common Nouns, Collective Nouns, Abstract Nouns, Compound Nouns, Noun Cases, Countable and Uncountable Nouns, Noun Classifiers; Pronouns: Personal, Possessive, Reflexive Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Indefinite Pronouns, Relative Pronouns; Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison, Possessive Adjectives, Demonstrative Adjectives, Quantifiers, Interrogatives, Adjective Phrases, ; Articles and Determiners; Adverbs: Adverbs of time, Adverbs of Manner, Adverbs of Place, Intensifiers, Adverbial Phrases, ; Prepositions; Conjunctions: Coordinating, Correlative, Subordinating, Compound ; Verbs: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs, Modals, Auxiliaries, Strong and weak Verbs, Participles; Tenses ( All Twelve Tenses); Narration; Voice; Reading Comprehension, Concords and Collocations; Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms, One word Substitution, Spellings, Odd one out, Homonyms, Idioms; Figurative Language: Similes and Metaphors, Irony, Personification ; Affixes; Punctuation

Marking scheme
Section Number of Questions
Basic Structure 25
Reading Comprehension 10
Writing Proficiency 10
Achiever’s Section 5
  • The Olympiad exam will have a total of 50 questions as per the table above.
  • 1 Mark shall be given for every correct answer.
  • There shall be no Negative marking.
  • Students shall be given 60 minutes to complete the test.
  • Percentile Ranks shall be given to all students.
  • Toppers shall be decided from the top percentile ranks on the basis of raw scores and time taken by the student to complete the exam.

Sample Questions

Q.1 The chair was made of ________.
  • a. water
  • b. wood
  • c. milk
  • d. oil
Q.2 While coming back home, I saw a crowd of ________.
  • a. soldiers
  • b. merchants
  • c. singers
  • d. people
Q.3 The feminine gender of ‘Milkman’ is ________.
  • a. milkwoman
  • b. milklady
  • c. milkgirl
  • d. milkmaid
Q.4 The plural form of ‘alumnus’ is:
  • a. alumnuses
  • b. alumna
  • c. alumnae
  • d. alumni
Q.5 In the given below sentence choose the option which is punctuated correctly.
  • a. Ramesh ran and ran but there was no way he could keep pace with his brother Abhinav.
  • b. Ramesh ran and ran, but there was no way he could keep pace with his brother, Abhinav.
  • c. ramesh ran and ran, but, there was no way, he could keep pace with his Brother abhinav.
  • d. Ramesh ran and ran! but there was no way - he could keep pace with his brother-Abhinav.
Q.6 In the following question, choose the correctly spelt word.
  • a. Benefeted
  • b. Benifited
  • c. Benefitted
  • d. Benifitted

English

Syllabus

Nouns: Proper/Common/Abstract/ Collective, Countable and Uncountable, Possessives and Appositives, Determiners and Nouns, Gender, Gerunds, Pronouns: Personal, Possessive, Reflexive Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Indefinite Pronouns, Relative Pronouns; Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison, Possessive Adjectives, Demonstrative Adjectives, Quantifiers, Interrogatives, Adjective Phrases, ; Articles and Determiners; Adverbs: Adverbs of time, Adverbs of Manner, Adverbs of Place, Adverbs of Frequency, Adverbs of Purpose, Intensifiers, Adverbial Phrases, ; Prepositions; Conjunctions: Coordinating, Correlative, Subordinating, Compound ; Verbs: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs, Modals, Auxiliaries, Strong and weak Verbs, Participles/Gerunds/Infinitives, Subject- Verb Agreement, Regular/Irregular Verbs, Phrasal Verbs, Action and Linking Verbs, ; Tenses ( All Twelve Tenses), Conjugation of Verbs; Narration; Voice; Sentence - Parts, Kinds, Structure, Rearrangement; Phrases and Clauses; Question Structure and Tags; Concords and Collocations; Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms, Spellings, Homonyms, Idioms/ Phrases/Proverbs; Figurative Language: Similes and Metaphors, Irony, Personification, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Oxymoron, Rhyme Scheme, Rhyme ; Word Formation; Punctuation; Reading Comprehension.

Marking scheme
Section Number of Questions
Basic Structure 25
Reading Comprehension 10
Writing Proficiency 10
Achiever’s Section 5
  • The Olympiad exam will have a total of 50 questions as per the table above.
  • 1 Mark shall be given for every correct answer.
  • There shall be no Negative marking.
  • Students shall be given 60 minutes to complete the test.
  • Percentile Ranks shall be given to all students.
  • Toppers shall be decided from the top percentile ranks on the basis of raw scores and time taken by the student to complete the exam.

Sample Questions

Q.1- The dance ____________ is rehearsing in the studio.
  • a. squad
  • b. colony
  • c. band
  • d. troupe
Q.2- A ___________of musicians performed at the concert.
  • a. gang
  • b. band
  • c. army
  • d. pack
Q.3- She is going to finish her novel ________________ it takes her the whole night.
  • a. although
  • b. even if
  • c. so that
  • d. unless
Q.4- ___________ Sangeeta was talking on the phone, her son was making a mess in the room.
  • a. Unless
  • b. Although
  • c. While
  • d. Because
Q.5- There are so many advertisements discouraging people from smoking like a ______________ and yet the cigarette sales never go down.
  • a. pipe
  • b. chimney
  • c. fire
  • d. candle
Q.6- I was the only one who went to the party in fancy dress and I stood out like a ____________ thumb.
  • a. bruised
  • b. swollen
  • c. sore
  • d. painful

English

Syllabus

Nouns: Proper/Common/Abstract/ Collective, Countable and Uncountable, Possessives and Appositives, Determiners and Nouns, Gender, Gerunds, Pronouns: Personal, Possessive, Reflexive Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Indefinite Pronouns, Relative Pronouns; Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison, Possessive Adjectives, Demonstrative Adjectives, Quantifiers, Interrogatives, Adjective Phrases, ; Articles and Determiners; Adverbs: Adverbs of time, Adverbs of Manner, Adverbs of Place, Adverbs of Frequency, Adverbs of Purpose, Intensifiers, Adverbial Phrases, ; Prepositions; Conjunctions: Coordinating, Correlative, Subordinating, Compound ; Verbs: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs, Modals, Auxiliaries, Strong and weak Verbs, Participles/Gerunds/Infinitives, Subject- Verb Agreement, Regular/Irregular Verbs, Phrasal Verbs, Action and Linking Verbs, ; Tenses ( All Twelve Tenses), Conjugation of Verbs; Narration; Voice; Sentence - Parts, Kinds, Structure, Rearrangement; Phrases and Clauses; Question Structure and Tags; Concords and Collocations; Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms, Spellings, Homonyms, Idioms/ Phrases/Proverbs; Figurative Language: Similes and Metaphors, Irony, Personification, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Oxymoron, Rhyme Scheme, Rhyme ; Word Formation; Punctuation; Reading Comprehension

Marking scheme
Section Number of Questions
Basic Structure 25
Reading Comprehension 10
Writing Proficiency 10
Achiever’s Section 5
  • The Olympiad exam will have a total of 50 questions as per the table above.
  • 1 Mark shall be given for every correct answer.
  • There shall be no Negative marking.
  • Students shall be given 60 minutes to complete the test.
  • Percentile Ranks shall be given to all students.
  • Toppers shall be decided from the top percentile ranks on the basis of raw scores and time taken by the student to complete the exam.

Sample Questions

Q.1- __________ will we do if it rains on the day of our picnic?
  • a. Who
  • b. Whom
  • c. Which
  • d. What
Q.2- She insists ______________ wearing that gaudy dress.
  • a. on
  • b. to
  • c. for
  • d. up
Q.3- It’s __________ time you told her the truth!
  • a. on
  • b. in
  • c. with
  • d. about
Q.4- Without her glasses on, my grandmother was as blind as a ______________.
  • a. Bat
  • b. owl
  • c. eel
  • d. snake
Q.5- My joke about the stray dogs went down like a lead ______________ There was just an embarrassed silence.
  • a. balloon
  • b. ball
  • c. weight
  • d. load
Q.6- The family __________ bought the cottage next door is moving in next week.
  • a. this
  • b. that
  • c. these
  • d. those

English

Syllabus

Nouns: Proper/Common/Abstract/ Collective, Countable and Uncountable, Possessives and Appositives, Determiners and Nouns, Gender, Gerunds, Pronouns: Personal, Possessive, Reflexive Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Indefinite Pronouns, Relative Pronouns; Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison, Possessive Adjectives, Demonstrative Adjectives, Quantifiers, Interrogatives, Adjective Phrases, ; Articles and Determiners; Adverbs: Adverbs of time, Adverbs of Manner, Adverbs of Place, Adverbs of Frequency, Adverbs of Purpose, Intensifiers, Adverbial Phrases, ; Prepositions; Conjunctions: Coordinating, Correlative, Subordinating, Compound ; Verbs: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs, Modals, Auxiliaries, Strong and weak Verbs, Participles/Gerunds/Infinitives, Subject- Verb Agreement, Regular/Irregular Verbs, Phrasal Verbs, Action and Linking Verbs, ; Tenses ( All Twelve Tenses), Conjugation of Verbs; Narration; Voice; Sentence - Parts, Kinds, Structure, Rearrangement; Phrases and Clauses; Question Structure and Tags; Concords and Collocations; Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms, Spellings, Homonyms, Idioms/ Phrases/Proverbs; Figurative Language: Similes and Metaphors, Irony, Personification, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Oxymoron, Rhyme Scheme, Rhyme ; Word Formation; Punctuation; Reading Comprehension

Marking scheme
Section Number of Questions
Basic Structure 25
Reading Comprehension 10
Writing Proficiency 10
Achiever’s Section 5
  • The Olympiad exam will have a total of 50 questions as per the table above.
  • 1 Mark shall be given for every correct answer.
  • There shall be no Negative marking.
  • Students shall be given 60 minutes to complete the test.
  • Percentile Ranks shall be given to all students.
  • Toppers shall be decided from the top percentile ranks on the basis of raw scores and time taken by the student to complete the exam.

Sample Questions

Q.1- Head Over Heels
  • a. Study hard
  • b. Living in luxury
  • c. Very excited
  • d. Conflict
Q.2- Because of their pride, some people _____________ their errors.
  • a. will not admit
  • b. had not admit
  • c. not admitted
  • d. has not admit
Q.3- The teacher insisted that the students _____________ all the questions in the given time.
  • a. answer
  • b. answers
  • c. answering
  • d. none of these
Q.4- It was a tough job to finish the marathon because the heat was like a blazing __________.
  • a. campfire
  • b. fire-cracker
  • c. bonfire
  • d. chimney
Q.5- Keep your eyes peeled. Instruction: (5) Some Idioms and Phrases are given below. Choose the correct alternative from the given options-
  • a. To watch carefully
  • b. Searching someone
  • c. Looking forward
  • d. Running away
Q.6- The _________________ dresses were smarter than the costumes for the boys.
  • a. girl’s
  • b. girls
  • c. girls’
  • d. none of these

English

Syllabus

Nouns: Proper/Common/Abstract/ Collective, Countable and Uncountable, Possessives and Appositives, Determiners and Nouns, Gender, Gerunds, Pronouns: Personal, Possessive, Reflexive Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Indefinite Pronouns, Relative Pronouns; Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison, Possessive Adjectives, Demonstrative Adjectives, Quantifiers, Interrogatives, Adjective Phrases, ; Articles and Determiners; Adverbs: Adverbs of time, Adverbs of Manner, Adverbs of Place, Adverbs of Frequency, Adverbs of Purpose, Intensifiers, Adverbial Phrases, ; Prepositions; Conjunctions: Coordinating, Correlative, Subordinating, Compound ; Verbs: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs, Modals, Auxiliaries, Strong and weak Verbs, Participles/Gerunds/Infinitives, Subject- Verb Agreement, Regular/Irregular Verbs, Phrasal Verbs, Action and Linking Verbs, ; Tenses ( All Twelve Tenses), Conjugation of Verbs; Narration; Voice; Sentence - Parts, Kinds, Structure, Rearrangement; Phrases and Clauses; Question Structure and Tags; Concords and Collocations; Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms, Spellings, Homonyms, Idioms/ Phrases/Proverbs; Figurative Language: Similes and Metaphors, Irony, Personification, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Oxymoron, Rhyme Scheme, Rhyme ; Word Formation; Punctuation; Reading Comprehension;

Marking scheme
Section Number of Questions
Basic Structure 25
Reading Comprehension 10
Writing Proficiency 10
Achiever’s Section 5
  • The Olympiad exam will have a total of 50 questions as per the table above.
  • 1 Mark shall be given for every correct answer.
  • There shall be no Negative marking.
  • Students shall be given 60 minutes to complete the test.
  • Percentile Ranks shall be given to all students.
  • Toppers shall be decided from the top percentile ranks on the basis of raw scores and time taken by the student to complete the exam.

Sample Questions

Q.1- Tomorrow, all the _________________ lives will be changed forever.
  • a. Soldier
  • b. soldiers
  • c. soldier’s
  • d. soldiers’
Q.2- I want to speak with ______________ who can solve my problem.
  • a. everybody/nobody
  • b. nothing/something
  • c. anybody/somebody
  • d. none
Q.3- I hate going to ________ school.
  • a. a
  • b. an
  • c. the
  • d. no article
Q.4- Which is the superlative form of the word “little”?
  • a. less
  • b. least
  • c. smaller
  • d. smallest
Q.5- My joke about the stray dogs went down like a lead ______________ There was just an embarrassed silence.
  • a. balloon
  • b. ball
  • c. weight
  • d. load
Q.6- I ran the obstacle course in record time
  • a. The obstacle course recorded time
  • b. The obstacle course was run by me in record time
  • c. The obstacle course was ran by me in record time
  • d. The obstacle course was run by me in recorded time

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

English Olympiad Exam is application based and complements classroom teaching of English language. It helps students to understand the concepts of grammar clearly and practice the academic usage of English language.

The purpose of the English Olympiad exam is to improve the skills of the students by making them familiar with the basic important concepts. The Shine English Olympiad (SEO) from an early stage itself helps students to get an exposure to face various other national & International English Olympiad level competitions.

Shine English Olympiad (SEO) is specifically designed to help you improve your command over the language and even help students with your grammar and vocabulary. The exam pattern is based on the grade specific school syllabus itself.