Question

Please someone help me.. ._. medal for reward.
How is the relative pronoun in the adjective clause used in the sentence?

I ate a snack of almonds, which satisfied my hunger.



A.
object of a preposition


B.
subject


C.
possessive


D.
direct object

Answer 1

@whpalmer4

Answer 2

The answer is B, I think

Answer 3

first step: what's the relative pronoun here?

Answer 4

Ate?

Answer 5

come on...is "ate" a relative pronoun?

Every sentence needs a subject and a verb. "I ate." is a sentence. Is "ate" the subject or the verb there?

Answer 6

I don't know I'm sorry I'm new to this

Answer 7

you don't know subject and verb, but you're doing relative pronouns? You missed some important material...

Answer 8

in both sentences, "ate" is a verb: a word that signifies action or being

Answer 9

Is it I

Answer 10

Here's a list of relative pronouns (which you could have gotten by looking in your book or googling "relative pronoun")

Who, Whom, That, Which
whoever, whomever, whichever

Answer 11

Which is

Answer 12

Good. Our adjective clause is "which satisfied my hunger." Adjective clauses answer one of three questions:

what kind?
which one?
how many?

this adjective clause is answering the question "what kind (of snack)?"

an adjective clause will start with a relative pronoun, and then has either a subject and verb or just a verb. If it is the "just a verb" case, the relative pronoun is the subject.

"satisfied my hunger" is a verb followed by a direct object. That means we have the "just a verb" case, and the relative pronoun is used as a subject.

Answer 13

So your initial guess of subject is correct, but it's good to know how to get there with some certainty :-)

Answer 14

I thought it was Direct

Answer 15

oh, sorry, that was someone else who thought it was subject...

Answer 16

Do I was right Direct Object?

Answer 17

why don't you read what I posted again?

Answer 18

I- personal pronoun serving as the subject of the sentence.
ate- verb
a- article indicating number
snack- noun serving as the direct object
of- preposition starting the prepositional phrase
almonds- noun serving as object of the preposition
of almonds- prepositional phrase modifying snack
which- relative pronoun, referring to snack in the independent clause.
satisfied- verb of the adjective clause
my- pronoun indicating possession
hunger- noun, the object of the adjective clause

"which" is the only relative pronoun in the sentence. It renames "snack", the direct object.
Your questioner is probably expecting the answer "direct object."