[CBSA OTEE] 32, Modifiers and Ambiguous Sentences

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - How misplaced and dangling modifiers distort sentence meaning on the CBSA OTEE writing skills assessment. - How to identify introductory participial phrases and match them to their correct grammatical subjects. - The trap of passive voice constructions that create dangling modifiers in multiple-choice questions. - Strategies for resolving squinting modifiers to eliminate sentence ambiguity. - A practical decision rule for evaluating modifier placement quickly under timed test conditions. This resource provides independent preparation for the Canada Border Services Agency Officer Trainee Entrance Exam (OTEE). Explore full practice sets at https://open-exam-prep.com/practice/canada-cbsa-otee and watch instructional videos at https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep . Sources checked: September 14, 2026 https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/job-emploi/recruitment-recrutement/assessment-evaluation/exam-examen-eng.html https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/job-emploi/recruitment-recrutement/assessment-evaluation/steps-etapes-eng.html