Misplaced and squinting modifiers

Where should the red modifier be placed?
 
She had read that a new restaurant had opened in today's newspaper.

• After had
• After she
• After read
• After opened

Choose the sentence that correctly placed the modifiers.

• Chased by the lion, the photographers saw a terrified gazelle.

• The photographers saw a terrified gazelle chased by the lion.

Find the modifier(s): around the tree.

• around

• tree

• the

• the, tree

Finish this sentence correctly: Taking a deep breath,

• the audience listened as the singer began.

• the song's melody started.

• the singer began her performance.

What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence?

After the rainstorm, Jeremy walked his dog on a sidewalk covered in wet leaves.

• Jeremy can't walk his dog after a rainstorm.

• Sidewalks cannot be covered in leaves.

• The sentence is correct.

A squinting modifier makes the meaning of a sentence ambiguous because it is unclear whether it modifies text before it or after it.

• True

• Flase

Choose the best answer for each question. Avoid misplaced and dangling modifiers.

• Before leaving the house, we carefully locked the doors.

• Before leaving the house, doors were carefully locked.

• Both sentences are incorrect.

What is the best way to rewrite the ideas in sentence 13? (13) In learning kendo, one learns to respect the rich past of Japanese sword fighting, which has a rich past.

• In learning kendo, one learns to respect it, and it is the rich past of Japanese sword fighting.
• In learning keno, one learns to respect the rich past of Japanese sword fighting, a pst that is rich.
• In learning kendo and learning to respect the rich past of Japanese sword fighting, one learns to respect it.
• In learning kendo, one learns to respect the rich past of Japaneses sword fighting.

Plans for a new road have finally been approved after three years of red tape to stretch across the valley.

• correct

• incorrect

A modifier is called "squinting" when

• It is placed too close to the word or phrase it modifies

• It is placed too far away from the word or phrase it modifies

• It has nothing to modify in the sentence

• It is modifying two things at the same time