Multiple choice

Directions: Select the best option and fill in the blank.

George Balanchine, ____, helped to found the School of American Ballet in 1934.

  1. a talented choreographer

  2. was a talented choreographer

  3. was a talented choreographer and

  4. be a talented choreographer

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Noun phrase is apposition to the subject. All the other options, except (1) make use of connecting words which convert the phrase into a clause and we would need a subject after the blank.