Напишите пожалуйста 3 предложение на instead of smth и 3 предложение на prefer smth to smth

They had spaghetti instead of pizza.
Instead of taking the taxi, we ran to the bank.
I wish your gift would be more useful instead of being such spectacular.

My Mom prefers staying home to visiting the football matches.
I would prefer become a famous to having a great salary.
We prefer paying with a credit cards to cash.