STD5 English: NOUN GENDER

NOUN GENDER

Nouns can be classified into four genders:

1. MASCULINE GENDER :

A noun that denotes a male member (person or animal) is called masculine gender noun.

Eg: 1) Master your word is my command.

2) The lion is the king of the jungle.

2. FEMININE GENDER :

A noun that denotes a female member (person or animal) is called Feminine gender noun.

Eg: 1) The bride looked very beautiful.

2) The heifer is grazing in the field.

3. COMMON GENDER :

A noun that could denote either male or a female is called common gender noun.

Eg: 1) The student has submitted his projects.

2) Parents often make sacrifices for their children.

4. NEUTER GENDER: A noun that is the name of a thing that is neither male nor female and which is inanimate (lifeless) is in the neuter gender.

Eg: 1) Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

2) We saw the match on the television.

There are different ways of forming the feminine gender.

2. The feminine formed by adding ‘ess’ to the ending letter:-

3. by dropping the last vowel of the masculine gender and then adding ‘ess’:-

4. by adding ‘ess’ in a different way:-

MASCULINE	FEMININE
emperor	empress

5. Changing the gender of the first part of a compound noun:-

6. Changing the gender of the second part of the compound noun:-

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