Interactive grammar exercise (subject-verb agreement)
from “Saimdang, Light’s Diary” Part 3
Multiple-choice quiz
Select the correct answer from the choices presented.
The King mentions that people at Yangyoo ______ Saimdang with great respect and that she’s like a king in that place.
- treat
- treats
Conniving with the Japanese, Min Chi-hyung ______ Saimdang hostage and ______ her as bait to lure Lee Gyeom.
- takes / uses
- take / use
After rescuing Saimdang from her Japanese captors, Hwieumdang ______ before Saimdang and ______ for her sons.
- kneels / pleads
- kneel / plead
The royal guards sent by the Crown Prince ______ Lee Gyeom and ______ the Japanese in a deadly fight.
- reach / engage
- reaches / engages
Saimdang finds out that Lee Gyeom is being hunted down for treason and that nobody ______ where he is.
- knows
- know
But the King’s guards and the Crown Prince ______.
- arrive
- arrives
Saimdang ______ the painting and, outside the house, ______ crying in front of her children.
- takes / breaks down
- take / break down
While Lee Gyeom is carving his half of the Biikjo seal, it ______ to rain. He and Saimdang ______ the painting to cover themselves.
- starts / use
- start / uses
Saimdang: “The moon ______ about to wake up from its nap.”
- is
- are
Saimdang: “The sun ______ the moon that sleeps all day and wakes up later at night.”
- resents
- resent