Question

Choose the most appropriate option to identify the relative pronoun and its antecedent.

I hope the little that I have done will see you through.

• A. Relative pronoun - the little ; Antecedent - that
• B. Relative pronoun - I ; Antecedent - the little
• C. Relative pronoun - you ; Antecedent - I
• D. Relative pronoun - that ; Antecedent - the little

Answer 1

The correct option is D Relative pronoun - that ; Antecedent - the little

Words that used to introduce the clauses which explain some word that goes before them are called relative pronouns (who, whom, whose, which and that) and the words which these pronouns explain are called antecedents.

Option D is the correct answer because 'that' is the correct relative pronoun that explains the antecedent 'the little' done by the speaker.

Option A is incorrect because 'the little' is not a relative pronoun and 'that' is definitely not the antecedent.

Option B is incorrect because 'I' is not a relative pronoun but a first-person pronoun.

Option C is incorrect because 'you' is not a relative pronoun but a second person pronoun and 'I' is not the antecedent.