Answer:
Chore
Explanation:
Hi,
Pastime doesn't really have a negative connotation basically means how things agree. Pursuit doesn't either neither does activity. Maybe chore? Kids usually use chores as a way of saying they're being forced to do something they don't want to do. Pretty sure it's the only answer that actually makes sense.
I hope this helps :)
Answer: B. In school, my mother encouraged me to join the band.
The modifier in this case is misplaced as it makes it sound like the mother was at school when she gave the advice. Modifiers can be very important to the structure of a sentence as they can significantly change the meaning if misplaced.
All the other examples express the meaning of the sentence clearly.
I remember that story and I think it was because the things that he was saying was misleading because he said "help NO ONE IS POKING MY EYE" or something like that and the others just ignored that.