Practice NET English questions with answers and explanations.
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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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The subject is the singular noun phrase 'The number.'
Therefore, the singular verb 'is' is required.
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The name of an academic subject is treated as singular.
Thus, 'Mathematics is' is grammatically correct.
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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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'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 phrase begins with the present participle 'wearing' and modifies 'man.'
A participle with its complements forms a participial phrase.
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'Often' tells how frequently the action occurs.
Words such as always, often, and rarely are adverbs of frequency.
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'Who' introduces a clause describing 'student.'
Relative pronouns connect dependent clauses to nouns.
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'Those' points out which books are meant and appears before the noun.
Demonstratives functioning before nouns are determiners.
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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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'Crying' directly modifies the noun 'baby.'
An -ing verb form used adjectivally is a present participle.
