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Gender refers to categories of nouns and pronouns that indicate masculinity, femininity, commonality, or lack thereof. There are four types of gender in English grammar: [1] masculine gender refers to males, [2] feminine gender refers to females, [3] common gender refers to both males and females, and [4] neuter gender refers to objects that are neither male nor female. Examples of each gender are provided.

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Gender

Gender refers to categories of nouns and pronouns that indicate masculinity, femininity, commonality, or lack thereof. There are four types of gender in English grammar: [1] masculine gender refers to males, [2] feminine gender refers to females, [3] common gender refers to both males and females, and [4] neuter gender refers to objects that are neither male nor female. Examples of each gender are provided.

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GENDER

Gender refers to those nouns or pronouns that generally defines if it is a male, female, or
both or neither.
For example,
“A lioness always takes care of her cubs.”
Here, lioness refers to the female gender and cubs refer to the common gender.
“That gentleman is a very good listener.”
Here, man refers to the male or masculine gender.
In English grammar, gender is of four types-
1. Masculine gender
2. Feminine gender
3. Common gender
4. Neuter gender

Masculine Gender: A noun or pronoun that denotes the males is called masculine
gender. Examples: Father, Lion, Hero, King, he, etc.

Feminine Gender: Noun or pronouns that indicates the females are called feminine
gender. Examples: She, Mother, Tigress, Actress, Heroine, etc.

Common Gender: A noun or pronoun that indicates both the male and female is called
common gender. Examples: Enemy, Friend, Student, People, Teacher, etc.

Neuter Gender: Noun or Pronouns that defines those things that are lifeless, neither
male nor female those are said to be the neuter gender. Examples: Book, Tree, Bench,
Silver, Skirt, etc.
 Masculine and feminine genders of some words:

Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine


Actor Actress Male teacher Female teacher
Uncle Aunt Man Woman
Boy Girl Hero Heroine
Brother Sister King Queen
Bull, ox Cow Manager Manageress
Son Daughter Sir Madam
Cock Hen Host Hostess
Father Mother Poet Poetess
His Her Priest Priestess
Him She Prince Princess
Husband Wife Gentleman Lady
Horse Mare Master Mistress
EXERCISE

1. Arrange the following words into Masculine, Feminine, Common and


Neuter gender.
Orphan, Student, Tree, Stone, Nephew, Landlord, Heroine, Person, Pig, Computer,
Friend, Mistress, Prince, Cow, Lord, Television, Wood, Waitress, Niece, Lion.
2. Fill in the blanks with the best-suited gender from the box.
Author, Wife, Tigress, Host, Grandfather, Room, Baby, Enemy, Neighbor,
Bench, Daughter, Horse, Manager, Poet, Actress, Children.

a) The audience applauded for the as soon as the drama ended.


b) My is so old and sick that he has to take the help of a stick to
walk.
c) My gave me a surprise in our marriage anniversary.
d) The race was won by the fastest .
e) She fought like a on the battlefield.
f) He was appointed as a of the textile company.
g) The book published by the was full of nursey rhymes.
h) The group of our battle tried hard to know our strategy.
i) John uses this for studying.
j) Our classroom has around 20 as seating arrangement.

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