Sentence 1: The weather had been terrible all winter. 
 Sentence 3: When they drove by, their car rattled around 
 Sentence 4:  Jim decided to patch it himself 
 Sentence 5:  He did a good job! 
 Option 1: In the spring, you could see that the plow had ripped up all the curbs on Jim's street. 
 Option 2: In the spring, there was a huge pothole on Jim's street.