Choose the correct verb: ‘A number of applicants ___ waiting outside.’
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'A number of' means several and takes a plural verb.
The plural verb 'are' agrees with 'applicants.'
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'A number of' means several and takes a plural verb.
The plural verb 'are' agrees with 'applicants.'
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'Running' is an -ing form functioning as the subject of the sentence.
A verb form used as a noun is called a gerund.
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The subject is the singular noun phrase 'The number.'
Therefore, the singular verb 'is' is required.
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'Crying' directly modifies the noun 'baby.'
An -ing verb form used adjectivally is a present participle.
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'Lahore' is the specific name of a city.
Specific names of people, places, and institutions are proper nouns.
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'Team' names a group considered as one unit.
Nouns that name groups are collective nouns.
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The infinitive 'to win' completes the meaning of the verb 'hopes.'
It therefore functions as the verb's object or complement.
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The first part takes 2 hours and the second takes 1 hour.
The total travel time is 3 hours.
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The speed is 90 × 5/18 = 25 m/s, so total distance is 25 × 24 = 600 m.
Subtracting the train length gives a bridge length of 400 m.
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Downwind speed is 300 km/h and upwind speed is 200 km/h.
Wind speed is half their difference: 50 km/h.
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The word 'happily' describes how the children played.
A word that modifies a verb in this way functions as an adverb.
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In this sentence, 'light' names a thing that can be turned off.
Therefore, it functions as a noun rather than a verb or adjective.