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

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

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.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Find the modifier(s): around the tree.

• around

• tree

• the

• the, tree

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

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.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

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.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

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

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

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.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

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.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

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

• correct

• incorrect

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

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

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C