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.

Jim was glad to replace his treadmill with a stationary bike since the _ was old.
treadmill

Last year we replaced the cement patio with a brick patio because the _ patio looked gawdy.
cement

I made a bigger mistake on the test than error on the quiz, because the _ failed me.

mistake