I usually have bread and butter for breakfast, but yesterday I _________ pasta.
- A. have been
- B. had been
- C. have
- D. had
Explanation
The adverb “yesterday” requires the simple past, so “had pasta” is correct. “Have” is present tense, while the perfect forms do not fit this completed past event.
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