Bread and butter ___ a common breakfast in many homes.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. is
- Step 1: A pair treated as one dish takes a singular verb.
- Step 2: So the correct verb is "is".
Answer
is.
Why not the others: "are" breaks the agreement rule, and the other forms do not fit here.
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