1- What is gender?
Ans:- A noun or pronoun that stands for either male or female is called gender.
Ex:- boy, girl, lion, lioness etc.
2- How many types of gender?
Ans:- There are four types of gender.
1- masculine gender
2- feminine gender
3- common gender
4- neuter gender
3- What is masculine gender?
Ans:- A noun or pronoun that stands for a male is called masculine gender.
Ex:- horse, cock, lion, king etc.
4- What is feminine gender?
Ans:- A noun or pronoun that stands for a female is called feminine gender.
Ex:- mare, hen, lioness, queen etc.
5- What is common gender?
Ans:- A noun or pronoun that stands for either a male or a female is called common gender.
Ex:-doctor, teacher,soldier, player etc.
6- What is neuter gender?
Ans:- A noun or pronoun that stands for a place or thing is called neuter gender.
Ex:-ball, table, temple, hospital etc.
Formation of feminine gender
1- we can make feminine gender by adding -ss to the masculine gender.
Note:- If the last alphabet of a word is consonant than we add -ess to make feminine gender
Masculine gender. Feminine gender
Author. Authoress
Count. Countess
Giant. Giantess
Heir. Heiress
Prince. Princess
Poet. Poetess
Host. Hostess
Lion. Lioness
Actor. Actress
Hunter. Huntress
Tiger. Tigeress
Director. Directress
Emperor empress
Master. Mistress
Waiter. Waiteress
7:- Change these masculine gender into feminine gender
bull cow
cock hen
prince princes
billy goat goat
stag deer
dog bitch
peacock peahen
drake duck
sir madam
god goddess
tiger tigress
gentleman lady
husband wife
Nephew niece
lion lioness
horse mare
actor actress
gander goose
bridegroom bride
pig sow
tom cat cat
ram sheep
king queen
uncle aunt
poet poetess
son daughter
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