Question

iii. Bread and jam ________ his main food.

a) were b) is c) will be d) would be​

Answer 1

Answer:

Bread and jam were his main food.

Explanation:

• Were is a verb that can be either the plural past tense of the conjunction "to be'' or an auxiliary verb that helps form the tense. Were is the auxiliary verb for the action verb running.
• Auxiliary verbs are verbs that add functional or grammatical meaning to sentences occurring to express tense, aspect, modality, voice, stress, etc.
• Auxiliary verbs are usually accompanied by an infinitive verb or participle, each of which provides the main semantic content of the sentence.

There are 4 unique forms of auxiliary verbs

• Auxiliary Verbs that Express Tense.
• Auxiliary Verbs that Express Mood.
• Auxiliary Verbs that Express Voice.
• Auxiliary Verbs that Express Modality.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer will be option b) is.
Thus, the sentence will be:
'Bread and jam is his main food.'

Explanation:

Bread and butter is a singular noun and used in singular sense. The usage may vary depending on the context.

For example, 'Bread and jam are brought from the store.' Here, they are treated as two different and separate products, and thus are plural in sense.
Consider this, 'Bread and jam is my staple food for breakfast.' Here, bread and butter is considered as a singular food dish, and carries singular sense.

Thus, in the given question, the correct word that fills in the blank is 'is'.

Therefore, the correct option will be b) is.
Thus, the sentence will be:
'Bread and jam is his main food.'