Some years before st. louis led his last crusade there (1) born in venice a boy named marco polo. his father was a wealthy merchant who often went on trading journeys to distant lands.
look at the blank with the number (1) in the passage. choose the answer that will correctly complete the sentence.
a) is
b) was
c) were
d) has been

B

Explanation:

The correct answer is was, singular noun always carry singular very and in the past

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class