Question

Choose the correct word/phrase to complete the given sentence:
Where is the ice cream _________ was in the fridge?
a) that
b) it
c) whose
d) there

Answer 1

Hint:An adjective clause, also known as a relative clause, is a type of dependent clause that works to describe a noun in a sentence. It functions as an adjective even though it is made up of a group of words instead of just one word. In the case of an adjective clause, all the words work together to modify the noun or pronoun.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to identify which of the options fits in the blank and make the sentence grammatically correct. Here, the word in the option must also refer to the noun ‘ice cream’.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'that', refers to a word that makes an adjective clause, aka "that was in the fridge?"
and also indicates people or things.
Therefore, option (a.) is correct as ‘that’ here refers to a thing, which is ‘ice cream’.

Option (b.), ‘it', refers to the third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, to an inanimate thing with no or unknown sex or gender.
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as ‘it’ is not a relative pronoun that refers to ‘ice cream’.

Option (c.), ‘whose', means- Of whom, belonging to whom; used as a relative pronoun.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as ‘whose’ refers to a person, and not a thing.

Option (d.), ‘there', refers to an adverb of place.
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as it does not modify the given noun ‘ice cream’.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall what a relative pronoun is. A relative pronoun is a pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent.