What type of pronoun would that be?

Answer 1

The pronoun 'that' is a demonstrativepronoun.

A demonstrative pronoun takes the place of a noun, indicating near or far in place or time.

The demonstrative pronouns are: this, that, these, those.

example: That is my favorite movie.

The pronoun 'that' is a relative pronoun.

A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause, a relative pronoun "relates" to the word that it modifies, providing additional information about the antecedent without starting another sentence.

The relative pronouns are: who, whom, whose, which, that.

example: This is the movie that mom likes. (note the subject of the sentence is the demonstrative pronoun 'this')

The word 'that' also functions as an adjectivewhen placed before a noun to describe the noun.

example: I like that movie.