Interactive grammar exercise (subject-verb agreement)
from “A Jewel in the Palace” Part 6
Multiple-choice quiz
Select the correct answer from the choices presented.
Jang Geum and Min Jung Ho ______ time together — in happiness, in solemnity, and in danger.
spend
spends
Jang Geum ______ Min Jung Ho on the beach, and they ______ in the surf as the sun ______ down.
meets / frolic / goes
meet / frolics / go
With Lady Jung supervising the clean-up after the search, the kitchen ladies ______ the journal that’s handed down from one Highest Kitchen Lady to the next.
discovers
discover
An infectious disease ______ throughout the Palace. The Head Lady and Lady Choi use this opportunity to get Lady Jung out of the Palace.
spreads
spread
Lady Han, the other kitchen ladies, and Lady Jung herself can’t understand why she was forced to leave the Palace when she ______ have the symptoms that other sick people have.
doesn’t
don’t
No one in the Royal Kitchen ______ ever wanted to serve in that residence because of the outrageous demands of the Ming officials.
has
have
The Ming ambassador is pleased with and ______ refreshed by Jang Geum’s vegetable dishes.
feel
feels
In fairness, Lady Jung offers to let Lady Han read the secret journal that ______ been handed down from one Highest Kitchen Lady to the next.
has
have
Lady Han and Jang Geum ______ their ingredients and supplies, but on the eve of the competition, they ______ that their kitchen ______ been totally messed up.
prepare / find / has
prepares / finds / have
The Queen Mother finds out about what happened to Lady Han’s kitchen and ______ to disqualify her.