instruction:
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.
question:
Alida received a written and a verbal warning at work, but the _ was better since it was unrecorded.
answer:
verbal


question:
Chris changed out of his basketball shorts into swimming trunks before jumping in the river, because the _ were looser.
answer:
shorts


question:
Jane fixed both the car and the plate, and the _ was very easy to fix.
answer:

plate