Choose the correct verb: ‘The number of applicants ___ increasing.’
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The subject is the singular noun phrase 'The number.'
Therefore, the singular verb 'is' is required.
Practice MDCAT 2026 questions with answers and explanations.
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The subject is the singular noun phrase 'The number.'
Therefore, the singular verb 'is' is required.
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Phagocytosis is often called cell eating.
Immune cells use it to engulf microbes and debris.
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The name of an academic subject is treated as singular.
Thus, 'Mathematics is' is grammatically correct.
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Phagocytosis is often called cell eating.
Immune cells use it to engulf microbes and debris.
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The committee is viewed here as one unit because 'its' refers to the group collectively.
A singular collective meaning takes 'has.'
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Phagocytosis is often called cell eating.
Immune cells use it to engulf microbes and debris.
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The phrase refers to one combined meal rather than two separate items.
A singular verb is therefore appropriate.
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Pinocytosis is often called cell drinking.
Small vesicles form from the plasma membrane.
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With 'either...or,' agreement is normally with the nearer subject.
The nearer subject 'brother' is singular, so 'is' is correct.
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Each term increases by 3.
Adding 3 to 12 gives 15.
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Each term is double the previous term.
Therefore, 16 × 2 = 32.
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The sequence follows repeated multiplication by 2.
Thus, 40 × 2 = 80.