In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Introduction / Context:
This spelling question focuses on common English verbs in their past or past participle forms. The exam tests your ability to recognise correct doubling of consonants when adding ed, as well as typical patterns for regular verbs. You must pick the one incorrect spelling out of four similar looking past tense forms.

Given Data / Assumptions:
Options: Admited, Benefited, Married, Offered.
All four words are intended to be past tense or past participle forms of admit, benefit, marry and offer.
We must identify the form that does not match standard spelling rules.

Concept / Approach:
The verbs admit, marry and offer involve doubling certain final consonants when adding ed, depending on stress and final letter patterns. Admit becomes admitted (double t), marry becomes married (change y to i and add ed), offer becomes offered (add ed without doubling r in most varieties of English). Benefited is correctly formed from benefit by simply adding ed. The spelling Admited with a single t is incorrect; it should be Admitted with double t because the stress falls on the last syllable and the word ends consonant vowel consonant.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Check Admited. The base verb is admit. When forming the past tense, we double the final consonant because admit is stressed on the last syllable and has the pattern consonant vowel consonant. The correct form is admitted, not admited. Step 2: Check Benefited. Benefit is stressed on the first syllable and ends in consonant vowel consonant, but the stress is not on the last syllable, so we do not double the final consonant. Benefited is correctly spelt. Step 3: Check Married. Marry ends with consonant plus y. When forming the past tense, we change y to i and add ed, giving married, which is correctly spelt. Step 4: Check Offered. Offer forms its past tense by simply adding ed to become offered; this is standard spelling. Step 5: Since Admited is the only form that does not follow the correct pattern, it is the incorrectly spelt word.

Verification / Alternative check:
Compare dictionary forms: admit admitted admitted, benefit benefited benefited, marry married married, offer offered offered. All show double t for admitted, single t for benefited, and the expected changes for married and offered. This directly confirms that Admited is wrong and should be Admitted.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Benefited may look suspicious to some learners who expect double t, but standard English spelling (especially in British and Indian contexts) accepts benefited with a single t. Therefore, it is not the error here.
Married correctly reflects the rule of changing y to i before adding ed for verbs like carry, marry or study.
Offered correctly adds ed to a verb whose stress is not on the last syllable and which does not require consonant doubling.

Common Pitfalls:
A frequent mistake is to double consonants based solely on the letters without considering stress pattern. The rule of doubling final consonants applies primarily when the last syllable is stressed in words like admit (admit admitted), commit (committed), or occur (occurred). Benefited can mislead candidates into thinking it should be benefitted, but that form is less common and often considered non standard in exam contexts. Here, Admited clearly violates the doubling rule and stands out as the incorrect spelling.

Final Answer:
The incorrectly spelt word is Admited (option A); the correct spelling is Admitted.