Bba i ecls_u-1.4_nouns gender

nouns gender

1. NOUNS: GENDER Course – BBA 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: 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. 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. Gender List MASCULINE GENDER FEMININE GENDER Father Mother 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 Wit ch 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 Brother - Bachelor - 3) Cow Poet - 5) Lion - 6) Prince - 7) Manservant -

11. EXERCISE B Change the gender of the underlined noun and re-write the sentence: The conductor of bus is absent. The conductress of the bus is absent. There is a fox under the tree. There is a vixen under the tree. 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/ powerpoint s/english/ nouns . ppt Advances English Grammar by Wren and Martin