Interactive grammar exercise (subject-verb agreement) from “A Jewel in the Palace” Part 9

Because of Dr. Shin’s anger towards her, Jang Geum is ostracized by her fellow trainees. The only one who ______ to be her study partner is a shy and insecure trainee named Shin-bi.
1. agrees
2. agree
Because they have been banned from selling their goods to the Palace, Gang Duk Gu and his wife ______ their pride and seek Choi Pan Sul’s help.
1. swallow
2. swallows
Despite Jang Geum’s excellence and her persistence that ______ washing the laundry of the other trainees, Dr. Shin tells her that she doesn’t have what it takes to be a lady physician.
1. includes
2. include
By observing how Shin-bi methodically ______ patients, she learns what her mistakes are and how to become humble.
1. questions
2. question
A conflict ______ between Dr. Shin and the Confucian-classics professor.
1. arises
2. arise
Jang Geum and Shin-bi are humiliated by the junior court ladies who ______ them to wash their feet.
1. order
2. orders
During a meeting of the Royal Pharmacy, everyone ______ startled by what Jang Geum thinks is wrong with the Queen.
1. becomes
2. become
The Queen Mother can’t eat the food that the Royal Physicians ______, and she ______ the medicine given to her.
1. prescribe / vomits
2. prescribes / vomit
The Royal Pharmacy ______ how to deal with the Queen Mother’s condition.
1. doesn’t know
2. don’t know
The Queen also recognizes Jang Geum and ______ her to make for her the buckwheat cakes that she prepared during the competition.
1. asks
2. ask