Which amongst the following pair of words carry the same relationship as :
Beautiful - Beautifully
(A) beauty - beautify
(B) respect - respective
(C) neat - neatly
(D) complete - completion
(E) prefer - preference
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (C) Only
Beautiful is an adjective, and beautifully is the adverb formed from it with -ly. The matching pair must also be adjective → adverb.
(A) beauty - beautify — Incorrect.
- Noun → verb.
(B) respect - respective — Incorrect.
- Noun/verb → adjective.
- Respective also means belonging to each one separately, not "full of respect".
(C) neat - neatly — Correct.
- Adjective → adverb with -ly, in the same way as beautiful → beautifully.
Example: She wrote her answers neatly.
(D) complete - completion — Incorrect.
- Verb/adjective → noun.
(E) prefer - preference — Incorrect.
- Verb → noun.