Gender of nouns 5

1. GENDER OF
NOUNS

2. FOUR TYPES
• 1. Masculine gender - denotes all those of the
male
kind
• 2. Feminine gender - all those of the female kind
• 3. Neuter gender - denotes inanimate things or
whatever is without life
4. Common gender - applied to animate beings,
the sex of which for the time being is
indeterminable, such as fish, mouse, bird, etc

3. EXAMPLES
•A boy is playing in the play-ground.
(«a boy» is masculine-gender noun.)
•Heroine of the movie is not a native
of this country. (“heroine” is feminine-
gender noun.)
•Stars are not visible in the day-time.
•Computer has brought about drastic
changes in our lives. (“computer” and
“stars” are the neuter-gender nouns.)

4. HERE ARE SOME
MASCULINE AND
FEMININE NOUNS FOR
PEOPLE
Male Female
actor actress
boy girl
host hostess
king queen
nephew niece
prince princess
son daughter
steward stewardess
uncle aunt
wizard witch
policeman policewoman

5. HERE ARE SOME
MASCULINE AND
FEMININE NOUNS FOR
ANIMALS
Animal Masculine Feminine
bear boar sow
cat tom quenn
chicken rooster hen
duck drake duck
horse stallion mare
lion lion lioness
pig boar sow

6. HERE ARE SOME
NEUTER GENDER NOUNS
THAT ARE USED FOR
OBJECTS AND PLACES
• hospital
• school
• knife
• chair
• cave
 floor
 phone
 fire
 pen
 stick