Noun-Gender in English

The Noun-Gender tells us about the sex of the noun.

In Grammar-Nouns, there are FOUR GENDERS.

1. MASCULINE GENDER:

A noun is Masculine if it refers to a male character or member of a species.

Man, lion, hero, boy, king, horse and actor are nouns of masculine gender.

Example:

• A boy is playing in the play-ground.

• Hero of the movie is not a native of this country.

In these sentences the words “boy” and “hero” are masculine-gender nouns.



2. FEMININE GENDER:

A noun is Feminine if it refers to a female member of a species.

Woman, lioness, heroine, girl, mare, niece, empress, cow and actress are few of the feminine-gender nouns that we use.

Example:

• A girl is playing in the play-ground.

• Heroine of the movie is not a native of this country.

In these sentences the words “girl” and “heroine” are feminine-gender nouns.



3. COMMON GENDER:

A noun is a Common gender if it refers to a member of species which can be a male or a female.

Child, student, friend, applicant, candidate, servant, member,

parliamentarian and leader are few of the common-gender nouns.

Example:

• A child is playing in the play-ground.

• A Parliamentarian should have command over his language.

In these sentences the words, “child” and “parliamentarian” are nouns of common gender.

4. NEUTER GENDER:

A noun is a neuter gender if it refers to a member of a species which is neither a male nor a female.

Normally nouns referring to lifeless objects are in neuter nouns.

Chair, table, tree, star, mountain, street, book, car, school,
paper, pencil and computer are few of the neuter nouns which we use regularly.

Example:

• Computer has brought about drastic changes in our lives.
• Tree is cleansing the air.
• Stars are not visible in the day-time.
• Books are our best friends.

In these sentences the words, “computer”, “tree”, “stars” and “books” are the neuter-gender nouns.

TRY TO IDENTIFY THE WORDS IF THEY ARE MASCULINE, FEMININE, NEUTER, OR COMMON GENDER NOUN

1. WAITRESS

a. Masculine b. Feminine c. Neuter d. Common

2. LIONESS

a. Masculine b. Feminine c. Neuter d. Common


3. MURDERER

a. Masculine b. Feminine c. Neuter d. Common
4. MISTER

a. Masculine b. Feminine c. Neuter d. Common
5. BUTLER

a. Masculine b. Feminine c. Neuter d. Common
6. STEWARD

a. Masculine b. Feminine c. Neuter d. Common
7. SPINSTER

a. Masculine b. Feminine c. Neuter d. Common

8. WIZARD

a. Masculine b. Feminine c. Neuter d. Common

9. KNIGHT

a. Masculine b. Feminine c. Neuter d. Common

10. LORD

a. Masculine b. Feminine   c. Neuter d. Common

11. STEP SISTER

a. Masculine b. Feminine   c. Neuter d. Common

12. CHEF

a. Masculine b. Feminine   c. Neuter d. Common

13. BRIDE

a. Masculine b. Feminine   c. Neuter d. Common

14. FIANCEE

a. Masculine b. Feminine c. Neuter d. Common

15. AUTHOR

a. Masculine b. Feminine c. Neuter d. Common