• Complete sentence: The number of applicants has risen compared to last year.

এখানে subject হলো “The number”, যা singular, তাই singular verb ব্যবহার করতে হবে।
has risen – rise এর singular present perfect.

• Structure:
• The Number of + Plural Noun + Singular Verb হয়।
- যেমন -
- The number of girls is present in today's program.
- The number of people was very high.

Other options,

ক) have risen:
- 'have' plural subject এর সাথে ব্যবহার হয়, কিন্তু এখানে subject singular.

গ) have raised:
- "have" plural এর জন্য (subject singular)
- "raised" একটি transitive verb - এর সাথে object দরকার (কী raise করেছে?)

ঘ) has raised:
- "raised" transitive verb - এর সাথে object লাগবে, বাক্যে কোনো object নেই (কী raise করা হয়েছে?)

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অন্যদিকে,
- A number of + plural Noun + plural verb.

• আরো কিছু উদাহরণ -
• A number of boys are present in today's class.
- A number of books have been borrowed from the library.
- A number of employees are attending the conference.
- A number of houses were decorated for the holiday season.
- A number of birds migrate south during the winter.
- A number of books fill the library shelves.