Interactive grammar exercise (subject-verb agreement) from “Yi San” Part 3

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Led by Princess Hwa-wan, the Noron ministers ______ Queen Jung Soon.
1. ostracize
2. ostracizes
Hong Gook-young ______ from his government post.
1. resign
2. resigns
The Bureau of Paintings ______ by the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the commissioning of the Royal Portrait.
1. are ordered
2. is ordered
Things ______ unraveling, and with the Capital Army increasing the pressure, they soon turn against each other.
1. start
2. starts
Princess Hwa-wan ______ medicines for King Yeongjo, but Yi San ______ the Royal Physician who ______ to prescribe the medicine.
1. sends / backs up / refuses
2. send / back up / refuse
Daesu consults Hong Gook-young, who then ______ Song-yeon to sneak into the prohibited storage area of the Bureau of Paintings.
1. asks
2. ask
But acting on the orders of Secretary Jung, a corrupt official of the “Dohwaseo” (Bureau of Paintings) ______ her pigments,
1. sabotages
2. sabotage
Song-yeon ______ the palace as attendant damo for Artist Tak who ______ to paint the Royal Portrait.
1. enters / has been chosen
2. enter / have been chosen
Song-yeon ______ the competition among the Royal Artists.
1. join
2. joins
When Yi San ______ the Noron ministers to reform or else, the Minister of Personnel ______ his own challenge.
1. challenges / issues
2. challenge / issue