Hello,teachers! Which sentence is correct?Thankyou!

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Harry12345

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1 My favourite food is tomatoes and potatoes.
2 My favourite foods are tomatoes and potatoes?
3 My favourite pop music groups are Linkin Park and Backstreet Boys
4 My favourite pop music group is Linkin Park and Backstreet Boys ?
 

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Not a teacher, just a language lover.

I would say 2 and 3 are correct.
 

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I agree. You have given more than one example of a favourite so you need to use the plural.

My favourite food is cake.
My favourite foods are chocolate and cake.
 
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