Interactive grammar exercise on gender pronouns
(he - she, his - her, him - her) from “A Jewel in the Palace”
Part 1
Multiple-choice quiz
Select the correct answer from the choices presented.
After burying ______ mother, Jang Geum tries to survive on ______ own.
her / her
his / her
After a few misunderstandings, Jang Geum later on gets “adopted” by Gang Duk Gu’s family. ______ helps out with the household chores and in selling their home-brewed wine.
He
She
While Jang Geum is searching the Middle Kitchen for ______ mother’s book of recipes, Yeung Seng gets injured, and they are discovered there by Lady Han.
her
his
The head trainer lady becomes angry with Jang Geum because of the trouble she caused at the Middle Kitchen and thus bans ______ from attending the training sessions.
him
her
The senior girls start bullying Jang Geum, piling on her all their assigned work. As ______ endures the bullying, the Royal Kitchen is thrown into chaos when the food begins becoming spoiled.
she
he
After the sugar versus persimmon incident, Lady Han finally realizes Jang Geum’s potential and begins training ______ in a unique manner.
her
him
Jang Geum also sets off on her own to get a golden pheasant through Gang Duk Gu, ______ adoptive father.
her
his
Fighting against despair, Jang Geum begins organizing the herb garden. ______ pesters the garden’s supervisor about all the plants that the garden was tasked to cultivate.
He
She
Min Jung Ho learns from the Japanese spy that the woman who saved ______ had a golden pheasant with her.
him
her
He starts questioning people in the villages, and ______ search leads him to Gang Duk Gu’s house.