TASK DEFINITION: You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.
PROBLEM: The car engine outperformed the bus engine simply because the _ was inefficient during the test run.

SOLUTION: bus

PROBLEM: James needed more bowl to b emptied in the late to make the plate full because the _ is big.

SOLUTION: plate

PROBLEM: The woman removed the lace from the skirt and sewed it onto the dress instead, because she wanted the _ to be more plain.

SOLUTION:
skirt