What is the relative pronoun in the following sentence?: Here is the candle that melted very quickly.

2 Answers
Mar 20, 2018

that

Explanation:

that refers the candle immediately it is called a relative pronoun.
Though all pronouns have a antecedent noun. ( few exception, it can be a pesedio subject)

The relative pronoun is that .

Explanation:

A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause that 'relates' information about its antecedent.
A relative clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb but is not a complete sentence.
The relative pronouns are: who, whom, whose, which, that.

The relative pronoun "that" is the subject of the relative clause "that melted very quickly" relating to the antecedent "candle".