Masculine & Feminine Nouns
Masculine nouns
are words for men and boys, and male animals. It belongs to masculine gender.
Feminine nouns
are words for women and girls, and female animals. It belongs to feminine
gender.
some
more masculine and feminine nouns for people.
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boy
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girl
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man
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woman
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prince
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princess
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waiter
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waitress
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bride
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bridegroom
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king
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queen
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actor
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actress
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brother
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sister
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emperor
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empress
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father
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mother
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gentleman
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lady
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grandfather
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grandmother
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grandson
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granddaughter
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headmaster
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headmistress
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master
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mistress
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nephew
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niece
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prince
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princess
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son
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daughter
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steward
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stewardess
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uncle
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aunt
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wizard
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witch
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masculine and feminine nouns for male and female animals.
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Animal
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Male
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Female
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chicken
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rooster
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hen
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cattle
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bull
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cow
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deer
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buck
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doe
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donkey
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jack
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jenny
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duck
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drake
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duck
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fox
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fox
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vixen
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goose
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gander
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goose
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horse
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stallion
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mare
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lion
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lion
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lioness
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sheep
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ram
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ewe
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tiger
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tiger
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tigress
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Note:-
Nouns that end in -ess and -ress often belong to the feminine gender. For
example:
Actress, stewardess, lioness, tigress,
princess, waitress
Common-gender nouns
Many
nouns are used for both males and females called common-gender nouns
Example:
- accountants, parents, artists, managers, designers, pupils, engineers,
singers, lawyers, teachers, doctors, scientists, hairdressers, dancers
Neuter nouns
Words
for things that are neither male nor female are called neuter nouns.
Example:
- bench, leaves, mirror, fire, water fall, river, sea, pool, ball, forest, building,
gymnasium, broom, playground, cake, rock, computer, phone, sky, card, socks,
floor wind, wall
Exercise-xxix
A. Fill in the table with correct masculine, feminine,
common-gender nouns and neuter nouns. Choose the words into the brackets. First
raw is done for you.
(doctors,
sir, madam, father, wall, manager, window, husband, parents, river, wife,
mother, children, sun,
fisherwoman, witch, king, boy, bride, son, policeman, girl, queen, file,
teacher, lamp, engineer, chair, dancer, desk, wizard, ram, rooster, elf, policewoman,
fisherman, wind, broom, jack, scientist, door, jenny, bridegroom, analyzer,
leaf, elf, hen, student, daughter, thief, ewe, judge, paper)
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neuter
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sir
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madam
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wall
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B. Fill in the blanks with correct opposite gender nouns.
First one is done for you.
1.
Ladies
and ....
gentleman…., welcome to our party this morning.
2.
My
uncle and …………………. Have two daughters and one ………………….
3.
The
………………. and queen had a lots of property.
4.
Dear
sir or ……………., please excuse me.
5.
The
steward and the …………………… look after the passengers on the plane.
6.
The
buck and ……………. are living together in the deepest forest peacefully.
7.
The
bride put ring to the …………’s finger.
8.
The
number of policeman greater than the number of …………………. In the city of Colombo.
9.
My
sister-in-law and ………………… come to the trip with me.
10. His farm has seventy roosters and fifty
………….
11. Their nephew and ……………. lived in a
village.
Answers-xxix
A.
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Common-gender
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neuter
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father
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mother
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manager
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window
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husband
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wife
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parents
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river
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fisherman
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fisherwoman
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children
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sun
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wizard
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witch
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teacher
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file
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king
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queen
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engineer
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lamp
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boy
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girl
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dancer
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chair
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bride
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bridegroom
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analyzer
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paper
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son
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daughter
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elf
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wind
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policeman
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policewoman
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student
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broom
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rooster
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hen
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thief
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leaf
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jack
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jenny
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judge
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desk
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ram
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ewe
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scientist
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door
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B.
2.
aunt,
son
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king
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madam
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stewardess
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doe
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bridegroom
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policewoman
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brother-in-law
10. hens
11. niece
