sentence: She bought succulent plants instead of herb plants because the  OPTIONS:
- herb plants were harder to care for.
- succulent plants were harder to care for.
complete: herb plants were harder to care for.

sentence: Wearing a sweater in the house, the man had to take it off and wear a tee shirt when he went to the porch. The  OPTIONS:
- house was warm.
- porch was warm.
complete: porch was warm.

sentence: The stove was useless to prepare the meal, so we used the microwave instead, as the  OPTIONS:
- stove was functioning.
- microwave was functioning.
complete:
microwave was functioning.