Class I English Grammar Gender
English Grammar Class 1
Gender
In today’s lesson, we will discuss the gender of nouns. The different genders
have been discussed in detail along with the illustrations. Practice questions and
solved examples are given throughout the article for better understanding and
concept clarity. Let’s begin the journey on this great topic.
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Gender of Nouns
• Each noun has particular gender, which could be masculine, feminine, or
neuter.
• The only gender-specific pronouns in the English language are, he and
she.
• “He” is used to denote the masculine gender while “she” is used to
denoting the female gender.
• Gender indicates whether a particular noun or pronoun is in the masculine
or feminine form.
• Most nouns in the English language are not associated with any particular
gender.
• The prominent gender-related nouns are related to people and animals.
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• A masculine noun refers to the nouns that show the male subtype. For
example, king, priest, duke, viscount, man, boy, father, cock, bull, fox.
• A feminine noun refers to the nouns that show the female subtype. For
example, queen, priestess, duchess, viscountess, woman, girl, mother,
hen, cow, and vixen.
• Several nouns in the English language are neither associated with the
male nor the female gender. they are associated with the neuter gender.
For example, table, chair, village, city, house.
• These nouns are usually non-living or inanimate objects, places, or nouns.
Hence, these are neither assigned to the feminine nor the masculine
gender. These nouns are substituted by the pronoun, ‘it’ in the case of
singular nouns, and ‘they’ in the case of plural nouns.
• There are several nouns in the English language that contains a lot of
nouns that are not associated with any particular gender. These nouns can
be represented by both masculine and feminine gender. For example, a
teacher, relative, parent, student, or cousin.
• In the English language, gendered pronouns are occasionally applied to
sexless objects like robots, ships, and, tools. This type of gender is
referred to as metaphorical gender. This is due to the personification of
the inanimate noun to give a poetic effect or to imply a strong emotional
attachment. A common metaphorical gender is utilized while referring to
ships
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Gender-Specific Words
Genders denote whether a noun or pronoun belongs to the male, female or
neuter category.
Masculine Feminine Neuter
Man Woman Human
Male Female Person
Brother Sister Sibling
Husband Wife Spouse
Waiter Waitress Spouse
Actor Actress -
Father Mother Parent
King Queen Ruler
Boy Girl Child
Grandfather Grandmother Grandparent
Grandson Granddaughter Grandchild
Fox Vixen -
Priest Priestess -
Prophet Prophetess -
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Nephew Niece -
Monk Nun -
Poet Poetess -
Landlord Landlady -
Founder Foundress -
Tiger Tigress -
Peacock Peahen -
Gender specificity in sentences
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• It is essential that the noun is associated with the proper gender while
being used in a sentence.
• Michele is my friend. She is a businesswoman.
• Peter is my relative. He is an engineer.
• Ander is my colleague. He is an Indian.
• Jane is my wife. She is a cop.
• She loves her dog.
Difficult words with Meanings
Word Meaning
Neuter Neutral
Detail In an elaborate format
Particular Specific
Difficult Tough
Illustration Example
Summary
In this chapter, we started with the type of genders. We learned the same with
different examples. We then discussed the neuter gender. Practice Questions
along with the answers and the meaning of the difficult words have been
discussed in the end.
Practice Questions
Fill in the blank cells with the appropriate noun
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Masculine Feminine Neuter
Man Human
Male Person
Brother Sibling
Husband Wife
Waitress Spouse
Actress -
Mother Parent
Queen Ruler
Girl Child
Grandfather Grandmother
Grandson Granddaughter
Vixen -
Priestess -
Prophetess -
Niece -
Nun -
Poetess -
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Landlady -
Founder -
Tiger -
Peacock -
Answers:
Masculine Feminine Neuter
Man Woman Human
Male Female Person
Brother Sister Sibling
Husband Wife Spouse
Waiter Waitress -
Actor Actress -
Father Mother Parent
King Queen Ruler
Boy Girl Child
Grandfather Grandmother Grandparen
t
Grandson Granddaughter Grandchild
Fox Vixen -
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Priest Priestess -
Prophet Prophetess -
Nephew Niece -
Monk Nun -
Poet Poetess -
Landlord Landlady -
Founder Foundress -
Tiger Tigress -
Peacock Peahen -
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