The document defines gender and describes the four types: masculine, feminine, common, and neuter. It provides examples for each gender type for people and animals. It then lists 50 pairs of masculine and feminine nouns. The document contains exercises asking the reader to identify the gender of given nouns and change sentences by altering the gender of underlined nouns. It concludes by listing reference resources on nouns and gender.

1. NOUNS: GENDER
Course – BDFT
Subject – English Communication and Life Skills
Unit – 1

2. Define: Gender
• Gender indicates whether a person or an
animal is male or female. - Definition
• The word ‘gender’ is originated from Latin
“genus” which means kind or sort.

3. Kinds of Gender:
• In English language Genders are of four kinds:
1) Masculine Gender – A noun which denotes a
male person or an animal is known as Masculine
Gender. Example: boy, brother, father, husband,
uncle, wizard, king, son, etc.
2) Feminine Gender – A noun which denotes a
female person or an animal is known as
Feminine Gender. Example: girl, sister, mother,
wife, aunt, witch, queen, daughter, etc.

4. 3) Common Gender – A noun which denotes both male
and female person or animal is known as Common
Gender. Example: parents, driver, teacher, student,
servant, thief, person, enemy, friend, etc.
4) Neuter Gender – A noun which denotes neither male
nor female person or an animal is known as Neuter
Gender. Neuter Gender is used for non-living or
inanimate objects. Example: pen, knife, eraser, table,
chair, pencil, lamp, radio, album, photograph, car,
etc.

5. MASCULINE GENDER FEMININE GENDER
1) Father Mother
2) Uncle Aunt
3) Gentleman Lady
4) Hero Heroine
5) Prince Princess
6) Author Authoress
7) Host Hostess
8) Great Uncle Great Aunt
9) Czar Czarina
10) Peacock Peahen

6. MASCULINE GENDER FEMININE GENDER
11) Poet Poetess
12) Shepherd Shepherdess
13) Steward Stewardess
14) Wizard Witch
15) Lord Lady
16) Gander Goose
17) Son Daughter
18) Nephew Niece
19) Monk Nun
20) Bachelor Spinster

7. MASCULINE GENDER FEMININE GENDER
21) King Queen
22) Actor Actress
23) Emperor Empress
24) Master Mistress
25) Lion Lioness
26) Waiter Waitress
27) Horse Mare
28) Drone Bee
29) Drake Duck
30) Bullock Heifer

8. MASCULINE GENDER FEMININE GENDER
31) Dog Bitch
32) Sir Madam (Ma’am)
33) Manager Manageress
34) Conductor Conductress
35) Tiger Tigress
36) Fox Vixen
37) Grandfather Grandmother
38) Manservant Maidservant
39) Landlord Landlady
40) Milkman Milk woman

9. MASCULINE GENDER FEMININE GENDER
41) Sales man Sales woman
42) Sales boy Sales girl
43) Washer man Washer woman
44) Bridegroom Bride
45) Policeman Policewoman
46) Widower Widow
47) Cock Hen
48) Boar (male pig) Sow
49) Buck (male rabbit/deer) Doe
50) Fiancé Fiancée

10. EXERCISE A
Give the correct form of Gender:
MASCULINE FEMININE
1) Brother -
2) Bachelor -
3) Cow
4) Poet -
5) Lion -
6) Prince -
7) Manservant -

11. EXERCISE B
 Change the gender of the underlined noun and re-write the
sentence:
1) The conductor of bus is absent.
 The conductress of the bus is absent.
2) There is a fox under the tree.
 There is a vixen under the tree.
3) Have you met the policeman?
 Have you met the policewoman?

12. Recourses/References
• www.slideshare.net/GabbieAllTheWay7/nouns-25091619
• www.powershow.com/.../Types_of_Nouns_Common_powerpoint_ppt
• www.worldofteaching.com/powerpoints/english/nouns.ppt
• Advances English Grammar by Wren and Martin