ICAS Spelling Bee
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Subject Guide
Participants
• From Primary 3 to Form 1 students (Year 4 to Year 8 students)
Content
• Dictation
• Applying rules and conventions
• Proofreading
• Error correction
Skills Assessed
• Visual (orthographical):
using memory of the visual features of a word
• Phonological:
using sound-letter relationships
• Morphemic:
using parts of words to build word families
• Etymological:
using word origins and derivations
2026 ICAS Spelling Bee Framework
Question Types
• Multiple-choice questions
• Audio dictation
• Free-response spelling
Highlight
• Word Types:
Common and technical words
Simple to complex spelling patterns
• Spelling Knowledge
• Difficulty Levels:
Easy, medium, and hard levels of words tailored for each paper
• Enhances spelling skills across various contexts and difficulty levels
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Please note that the ICAS Spelling Bee tests require the installation of the Janison Replay application. Click here to download.
For more details, please visit the Technical Requirements page.
Sample Questions
Primary 3 Spelling Bee sample question
Form 1 Spelling Bee sample question
2026 ICAS Assessments Structure - Spelling Bee
Teachers and parents’ evaluation
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