Question

Identify the word in italics.

Many students do not take advantage of the opportunities that are offered them.



(A) demonstrative pronoun

(B) indefinite pronoun

(C) interrogative pronoun

(D) relative pronoun

(E) not a pronoun

Answer 1

What is the word in italics?

Answer 2

@Redneckcrazy212

Answer 3

that

Answer 4

Demonstrative pronoun - A demonstrative pronoun represents a thing or things:
near in distance or time (this, these)
far in distance or time (that, those)

indefinite pronoun - a pronoun that does not refer to any person, amount, or thing in particular, e.g., anything, something, anyone, everyone.

indefinite pronoun - An interrogative pronoun often stands for something that we are not aware of yet, because we are asking about it. We use these pronouns specifically to ask questions. These pronouns are special because they all start with “Wh”, which makes them easy to remember.

relative pronoun - A relative pronoun marks a relative clause; it has the same referent in the main clause of a sentence that the relative clause modifies.

An example is the English word that in the sentence "This is the house that Jack built," Here the relative pronoun that marks the relative clause "that Jack built," which modifies the noun house in the main sentence. That refers to house in the main clause and links two imagined sentences "This is a house" and "Jack built the house", where house is the same in both sentences. Not all instances of the word that are relative pronouns.

In providing a link between a subordinate clause and a main clause, a relative pronoun is similar in function to a subordinating conjunction. Unlike a conjunction, however, a relative pronoun does not simply mark the subordinate (relative) clause, but also plays the role of a noun within that clause. For example, in the relative clause "that Jack built" given above, the pronoun "that" functions as the object of the verb "built". Compare this with "Jack built the house after he married", where the conjunction after marks the subordinate clause after he married, but does not play the role of any noun within that clause.

For more information on the formation and uses of relative clauses, with and without relative pronouns, see Relative clause. For detailed information about relative clauses and relative pronouns in English, see English relative clause.