My brother must have had the angels watching over him yesterday. as from branch to branch like a monkey in a tree, thirty feet and all he got was a scratched toe.

a. swang; had fallen
b. swung; fallen
c. is swimming; falls
d. was swimming; fell

the answer is a.

explanation:

the clause "looking toward the south" modifies "a funnel cloud." it's not really the cloud that's "looking," but grammatically, that clause is modifying the cloud.

that his long years of service outweigh any faults he may have had.

he wanted to be remembered for the good things he did, one of those being when he gave up office so others would follow suit, but george washington wasn’t a man who thought he was perfect, he knew he made mistakes. he was a very talented soldier with a natural gift of tactic.