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Nouns and Gender: Grammar Guide

The document discusses different types of noun gender in English grammar - masculine, feminine, neuter, and common. It provides examples for each gender type, such as "boy" and "lion" for masculine, "girl" and "witch" for feminine, "house" and "table" for neuter, and "teacher" and "student" for common. Exercises are included to have students identify and classify nouns by their gender.

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Nouns and Gender: Grammar Guide

The document discusses different types of noun gender in English grammar - masculine, feminine, neuter, and common. It provides examples for each gender type, such as "boy" and "lion" for masculine, "girl" and "witch" for feminine, "house" and "table" for neuter, and "teacher" and "student" for common. Exercises are included to have students identify and classify nouns by their gender.

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SAINT PAUL’S SCHOOL, RAJKOT

Chapter 4: Nouns (Gender)


Std :IIIDiv :____ Subject : English I (Grammar) Name:______________ Roll No.:___

Let us see some male and female pairs:

Boy Girl Mother Father

Wizard Witch King Queen

Lioness Cow Bull

Lion

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Gg
Get set
Write she or he for each person.

Grandmother __________ brother __________

Aunt __________ cousin __________

Mother __________ uncle __________

Grandfather __________ sister __________

Masculine • A noun that refers to any male person or


male animal is said to be of the Masculine
Gender Gender. For eg. lion, boy, brother, king etc

Feminine • A noun that refers to any female person or


female animal is said to be of the Feminine
Gender Gender. For eg. duck, woman, Kate, witch.

Neuter • A noun that refers to a thing or a place


without life is said to be of the Neuter
Gender Gender. For eg.house, table, pencil, river.

• A noun that refers to an animal or a


Common person that can be used either for a male
or a female is said to be of the Common
Gender Gender. For eg. teacher, child, student,
doctor.
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Here are some pairs of masculine and feminine genders:

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A noun that refers to a thing We do not use the word
or a place without life is said he/she to refer to neuter
to be of the Neuter Gender. gender nouns such as table,
For eg. house, table, pencil, pen, house etc. We use it to
river. refer to them.

Let us see some examples of Neuter Gender:

A noun that refers to an


animal or a person that can Do not confuse nouns of the
be used either for a male common gender with nouns of the
or a female is said to be of neuter gender. A noun of the

the Common Gender. For common gender can refer to either


a male or a female living being. A
eg. teacher, child, student,
noun of the neuter gender refers
doctor.
to a thing without life.

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Here is a list of some nouns of the Common Gender :

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EXERCISE A

Read the nouns in the box below. Circle the masculine nouns
and underline the feminine nouns.

ball wizard nun goose soap sir duke

drake computer aunt husband sun

peacock daughter phone grandson mare

poetess queen letter gander mountain

woman table emperor wife river niece

EXERCISE B

In the sentence below, underline the masculine gender and feminine gender
and circle the common gender. One has been done for you.

1. My son wants to become a doctor.


2. Her aunt is a graceful dancer.
3. My mother is a fabulous cook.
4. This table is booked for my father and his friends.
5. The bird is hiding under the table.
6. The witch is wearing a conical hat.

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EXERCISE C

Read the passage carefully and pick out masculine, feminine and common
genders and write them below:

Let us have a glimpse of what the chapter was about:

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