Question 2(e) PART-WHOLE: Activity:Stage

Consider the following word pairs:

shopping:buying
planting:gardening
kickoff:football

What relation best describes these X:Y word pairs?

someone/something will X in order to Y
Y describes a condition or state that is usually absent from X
X and Y share a contiguous border
X is one step/action/part of the actions in Y

Correct Answer:

X is one step/action/part of the actions in Y

