[Q]: How does the sentence end?

When shopping for fabric, the woman chose the cotton instead of the satin, because she disliked the pattern of the

[A]: satin .

[Q]: How does the sentence end?

The catering company served the stew but threw the salad away because the

[A]: salad was rotten.

[Q]: How does the sentence end?

It was a surprise to learn they had spent more time at the vineyard than the castle because the

[A]:
vineyard was very unexciting.