Interactive grammar exercise (subject-verb agreement)
from “A Jewel in the Palace” Part 10
Multiple-choice quiz
Select the correct answer from the choices presented.
All of the Royal Physicians and the lady physicians come to the village to help deal with a plague that ______ to spread.
- has started
- have started
All medical personnel ______ out of the village because the plague can no longer be controlled.
- have been ordered
- has been ordered
Min Jung Ho leaves his responsibilities and ______ through the blockade to get to Jang Geum.
- breaks
- break
The villagers ______ that the government has abandoned them, and they ______ their anger towards Jang Geum and Min Jung Ho.
- think / turn
- thinks / turns
They rush back to the Palace, but their disappearance for 15 days ______ a stir among court officials and the Royal Pharmacy.
- causes
- cause
After Yeun Seng’s promotion, the kitchen maids profusely ______ to her.
- apologize
- apologizes
Their assignment from the Queen ______ to find out the cause and the cure for the King’s sickness.
- is
- are
The conflict ______ between the Chief Royal Physician, on one hand, and Lady Choi and Keum Young, on the other.
- intensifies
- intensify
The Queen allows Jang Geum to treat the King. But when the King ______ blind, Jang Geum and Min Jung Ho are arrested.
- becomes
- become
The King orders an investigation of everyone involved, and Minister Oh and Lady Choi ______ hurling accusations against each other.
- begin
- begins