Circle all the verbs, look at them in sequence, and check their logical consistency. Revise if necessary.

1. Lucy was watching the great blue heron take off. Then she slips and falls into the swamp.

2. Kathy is in charge of finance; she will always keep her office locked.

3. A few countries produce almost all of the world's illegal drugs, but addiction affected many countries.

4. Two youths approached me, and I was asked for my wallet.

5. The protagonist in The Ponder Heart had a very pretty wife whom he killed at the end.

6. As Eudora Welty noted, "learning stamps vou with its moments. Childhood's learning," she continued, 'is made up of moments. It isn't steady. It's a pulse."

7. By the time he lent her the money, she declared bankruptcy.

8. To seek to relieve unemployment, Roosevelt established several public works programs.

9. Ionesco's play had very favorable reviews in Paris.

10. Flying to the front, the troops joined their hard-pressed comrades.

11. Crushing all opposition at home, he launched a war of conquest.

12. Researchers told the test administrator to give students an electric shock each time a wrong answer was given.

13. There was no way I could fight the current and win. Just as I was losing hope, a stranger jumps off a passing boat and swims toward me.

14. The scarlet letter is a punishment sternly placed on Hester's breast by the community, and yet it was an extremely fanciful and imaginative product of Hester's own needlework.

15. When the tickets are ready, the travel agent notifies the client. Each ticket is then listed on a daily register form, and a copy of the itinerary is filed.

16. Mac started the kennel because he had always loved dogs.

17. Some people never really settle into a profession. Such people found jobs only when they needed food or shelter

18. The newspaper covers campus events, but it did not appeal to students.

19. The day is hot, stifling, and typical of July, a day when no one willingly ventured out onto the burnng asphalt.

20. Then suddenly, the big day arrives. The children were Still a bit sleepy, for their anticipation had kept them awake.

21. The importance of music to society is evident throughout the entire magazine. A good example was the fi rst advertisement.

22. The fitness mania of the l970s gave way to the greed of the 1980s, which in turn gives way to the occupational insecurity of the 199Os.