Interactive grammar exercise (subject-verb agreement) from “A Tree With Deep Roots” Part 1

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