Question

Read the sentence.

The blouse that I bought had a missing button.

Which word functions as the antecedent to the relative pronoun in this sentence?

that
blouse
bought
missing

Answer 1

The answer is blouse.  An antecedent functions as a noun that logically precedes another. The relative pronoun in the sentence is the word "that" because it relates the subject to the predicate. This is used to connect a clause  to a noun.