Question

Choose the correct spelling of the word.
A) Adolesence
B) Adolescence
C) Adolessence
D) Adolesense

Answer 1

Hint: Spelling of a word means a group of letters arranged in a meaningful sequence. When this sequence is incorrect, the spelling is termed to be misspelled. Example: The spelling ‘alphabet’ is correct, while ‘alfabet’ is wrong. We will look for an option which is not misspelt.

Complete answer:
Let us analyse each option individually to figure out the correct answer.
A) Adolesence: This is an incorrect word as no such word with such spelling exists in English language. Therefore, this is not the correct option.
B) Adolescence: The word ‘adolescence’ is correctly spelt. It means the transitional phase between childhood and adulthood, specifically the teen years. Therefore, this is the correct option.
C) Adolessence: This is an incorrect word as no such word with such spelling exists in English language. Therefore, this is not the correct option.
D) Adolesense: This is an incorrect word as no such word with such spelling exists in English language. Therefore, this is not the correct option.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note: Though the pronunciation of the word ‘adolescence’ sounds like all the given options, but the correct spelling is ‘adolescence’. There are a lot of words whose pronunciations are different from their spellings. For this knowledge we should be regular in reading and learning new words everyday.
Example:‘Priest’ , the pronunciation of this word can confuse us with this spelling and we can misspell it as ‘preest’.