Select the antecedent of the pronoun in the following sentence.

The strikers will return to work when the union representatives have completed their negotiations. A. strikers
B. work
C. negotiations
my answer is D. representatives

right -- D

Actually, the correct answer would be C. negotiations.

When we look at the sentence, we can see that the pronoun "their" refers back to a noun in the sentence. In this case, it refers to the negotiations. The word "representatives" is the noun that the pronoun "their" is replacing, which means that it is the antecedent of the pronoun.
To determine the antecedent of a pronoun, it is best to identify the pronoun and then look for a noun in the sentence that the pronoun could be replacing. In this case, the pronoun "their" is replacing the word "representatives," so "representatives" is the antecedent of the pronoun.

The antecedent of the pronoun "their" in the given sentence is option D. representatives. The pronoun "their" refers back to the union representatives who are completing the negotiations.