Masculine and Feminine Nouns
Masculine nouns :
Masculine nouns are words for men and boys, and male animals.
Feminine nouns :
Feminine nouns are words for women and girls, and female animals.
Masculine Feminine
boy girl
man woman
prince princess
steward stewardess
waiter waitress
Here are some more masculine and feminine nouns for people.
1 )Masculine nouns belong to the masculine gender.
2 )Feminine nouns belong to the feminine gender.
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
actor actress brother sister
emperor empress father mother
gentleman lady grandfather grandmother
Here are some masculine and feminine nouns for male and female animals.
Animal male female
chicken rooster hen
cattle bull cow
deer buck doe
donkey jack jenny
duck drake duck
fox fox vixen
goose gander goose
horse stallion mare
lion lion lioness
Many nouns are used for both males and females.
We call these nouns common-gender nouns.
Nouns like these are used for both males and females:
accountants parents artists managers
designers pupils engineers singers
Words for things that are neither male nor female are called neuter nouns.
Here are some neuter nouns:
ball forest building gymnasium
broom playground cake rock
computer sky card socks
Exercise 1 :
Fill in each blank with a suitable masculine or feminine noun.
1 The host and the ____________ welcomed their guests.
2 The steward and the ____________ look after the passengers on the plane.
3 My uncle and ________ lived in Nebraska.
4 The king and the _________ had two children, a boy and a ________. The prince was eight and the _____________ was five.
5 Ladies and ______________ , welcome to our party this evening.
Exercise 2 :
Fill in the blanks with the correct masculine or feminine nouns.
Masculine Feminine
1 master ________
2 uncle ________
3 ______ niece
4 ______ lioness
5 tiger _________
6 ______ empress
7 husban _________
8 son __________
9 _______ mother
10______ madam

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