Problem: How does the sentence end?

Maria cooked less of a variety of foods than Samantha although
OPTIONS:
- Maria was taking cooking classes.
- Samantha was taking cooking classes.
Answer: Maria was taking cooking classes.

sentence: Carrie grew a bunch of food and sold it to Jessica while OPTIONS:
- Carrie was selling vegetables at the market.
- Jessica was selling vegetables at the market.
complete: Carrie was selling vegetables at the market.

Matthew liked to wear high fashion clothing while Joel liked to shoot it;
OPTIONS:
- Matthew was a model.
- Joel was a model.
Matthew was a model.

Input: Continue writing.

Norman couldn't get his Atari video game system to work with his smart tv. The
OPTIONS:
- video game system was too old.
- tv was too old.

Continued: video game system was too old.

Story needs to be completed:
She ran the dishwasher instead of the washing machine because the
OPTIONS:
- washing machine was the appliance that was working.
- dishwasher was the appliance that was working.

My choice:
dishwasher was the appliance that was working.

Problem: How does the sentence end?

Justin didn't practice nearly as much as Samuel, because
OPTIONS:
- Justin just couldn't stay focused on the task.
- Samuel just couldn't stay focused on the task.
Answer:
Justin just couldn't stay focused on the task.