Select the word with the correct spelling to fill in the blank: Hiren loves to use words while writing anything.

Question

Select the word with the correct spelling to fill in the blank: Hiren loves to use words while writing anything.

1. A. coloquial
2. B. colloquil
3. C. colloquial (Correct answer)
4. D. colloqual

Correct Answer

Option C — colloquial

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is colloquial.

Key Points

• The correctly spelt word is 'colloquial', meaning informal, everyday, conversational language — the kind used in ordinary speech rather than in formal writing.
• The distractors are all misspellings: 'coloquial' (missing an l), 'colloquil' (missing an a) and 'colloqual' (missing the i) are wrong.
• The correct form keeps the double 'll' and the '-quial' ending: col-lo-qui-al.
• spelling questions test attention to double letters and vowel clusters. 'Colloquial' comes from the Latin colloquium (a conversation), which is why it has the double l and the 'qui' cluster.

Exam Tip

• learn tricky words with their word family — colloquial, colloquially, colloquialism — and recall the root colloquium to fix the correct spelling.