Question

Read the sentence. Those are the books that need to be returned to the library. What is the antecedent of the pronoun those?

Answer 1

In the given sentence the antecedent of the pronoun those is the word 'books'.

Explanation:

An antecedent in grammar is a word or phrase to which the following word, especially a pronoun refers. For example: He bought a book and gifted it to his younger brother.

In the sentence ‘book’ is the antecedent of ‘it’.