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: John had to buy another ring as it would not enter the finger of her fiancee. The _ is small.

SOLUTION: ring

PROBLEM: The professor preferred to teach with the books instead of the computers, because the _ were out of date.

SOLUTION: computers

PROBLEM: John grew hydrangeas in the sun and in the shade in his garden. The hydrangeas in the _ grew short.

SOLUTION:
shade