Interactive grammar exercise (subject-verb agreement) from “A Jewel in the Palace” Part 2

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Lady Han ______ Jang Geum to be resourceful and inquisitive.
1. trains
2. train
On their way to the Middle Kitchen, they ______ a new bride they have never seen before.
1. meet
2. meets
The King, Queen, and Queen Mother ______ agitated when the Princess loses her appetite and ______ weak.
1. becomes / become
2. become / becomes
Jang Geum ______ friends with Yeung Seng, another new bride, who’s being bullied just like her.
1. becomes
2. become
Jang Geum’s bullying by the senior girls gets worse because of the pine needles competition where the mysterious new bride ______.
1. participate
2. participates
Keum Young ______ the golden pheasant that is supposed to be served to the entourage of Ming officials.
1. lose
2. loses
Jang Geum ______ into a beautiful, young woman with a boundless curiosity about anything related to food.
1. has grown
2. have grown
Jang Geum ______ the food from becoming spoiled by washing all the dishes in boiling water. Lady Han ______ seeing her in a new light.
1. prevent / begin
2. prevents / begins
The head trainer lady becomes angry with Jang Geum because of the trouble she caused at the Middle Kitchen and thus ______ her from attending the training sessions. But Jang Geum ______.
1. ban / persevere
2. bans / perseveres
The senior girls ______ bullying Jang Geum, piling on her all their assigned work.
1. start
2. starts