In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Salvador Dali (1)_______ a prominent Spanish surrealist painter (2)_________ in Figueres, Catalonia, on 11 May 1904. Dali's father was strict in the education of his children unlike (2)_____________ mother. Dali had a brother named Salvador (4)_____________ was born nine months before him and died of gastroenteritis. When he was five, Dali was taken to his brother's grave and was told that he was his brother's (5)___________.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 1.

was

Past tense of the verb is  will be used in the blank No. 1.