Interactive grammar exercise (subject-verb agreement)
from “Yi San” Part 1
Multiple-choice quiz
Select the correct answer from the choices presented.
Queen Hyo-eui ______ a new attendant for Song-yeon.
- appoints
- appoint
When the petitions in support of Prince Wan Poong ______ to pour in, Queen Hyo-eui ______ matters into her own hands.
- continue / takes
- continues / take
After Daesu visits Hong Gook-young in his place of exile, Yi San ______ the Imperial Guards.
- disbands
- disband
Scholar Jung Ya-gyong places first in the civil service exams and immediately ______ Yi San’s attention and favor.
- gains
- gain
Crisis ______ when the Qing ambassador orders his personal guard to go to the police bureau and take the imprisoned slave traders.
- ensues
- ensue
Both Song-yeon and Royal Concubine Yoon ______ pregnant, but later, Song-yeon ______ from a life-threatening condition.
- become / suffers
- becomes / suffer
Desperate to find a cure for Song-yeon’s sickness, Yi San ______ for any physician in Joseon who may know the cure.
- calls
- call
As Song-yeon works on the portrait, her mind ______ back to the happy moments that she and Yi San have spent together.
- flashes
- flash
Yi San’s Dragon Guard ______ the assassination attempt during the nighttime training exhibition.
- foils
- foil
But even under torture, the plotters ______ to implicate Queen Jung Soon.
- refuse
- refuses