[Q]: How does the sentence end?

Neil always brewed his coffee first thing in the morning unlike Steven because 

[A]: Neil needed it first.


[Q]: How does the sentence end?

Jeffreys journal was lost in the fire before Steven could arrive to help put it out.  

[A]: Steven rushed there and watched it burn.


[Q]: How does the sentence end?

Joe was renovating and replacing his linoleum flooring with hardwood. The 

[A]:
linoleum was old and ugly.