Interactive grammar exercise (subject-verb agreement)
from “A Tree With Deep Roots” Part 1
Multiple-choice quiz
Select the correct answer from the choices presented.
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Lee Do is powerless to do anything as the guards ______ killing the escaping prisoners.
- continue
- continues
Ddol-bok escapes from captivity, and as Banchon’s villagers ______ him, he ends up in the temple.
- pursues
- pursue
King Taejong, meanwhile, ______ the cave where he found Jeong Do-jeon’s manifesto.
- remembers
- remember
As the Queen goes to the prison to visit her mother, the outraged prisoners ______ a jailbreak.
- stages
- stage
Ddol-bok and his feeble-minded father ______ both slaves of Chancellor Shim Won, the Queen’s father.
- is
- are
But as Ddol-bok’s father reaches Chancellor Shim Won and gives him the letter, the royal guards arrive and ______ them.
- arrests
- arrest
As Lee Do retreats to his private room filled with a giant mathematics puzzle, King Taejong ______ his timidity.
- mocks
- mock
The young court maid whom Lee Do sent ______ him to Minister Jo Mal-saeng.
- betrays
- betray
To everyone’s surprise, Lee Do bows before King Taejong and ______ to obey everything that he orders.
- promise
- promises
Although King Taejong has abdicated, he and his trusted Minister Jo Mal-saeng still ______ the real power in Joseon.
- wield
- wields
