Gender of Nouns – Exercises for Class 4

• A noun that stands for a male living being is called the masculine gender.
• A noun that stands for a female living being is called the feminine gender.
• A noun that stands for a non-living thing is called the neuter gender.
• A noun that stands for either a male or a female is called the common gender.

Exercises

Q. Underline the nouns in the following sentences and write whether they are of masculine, feminine, neuter, or common gender.

1. George is a good boy.
2. My sister is a doctor.
3. The pen belongs to Emma.
4. All the boys were ready to help the old man.

Answer

1. George is a good boy.
   Masculine: George, boy
2. My sister is a doctor.
   Feminine: sister; Common: doctor
3. The pen belongs to Emma.
   Neuter: Pen; Feminine: Emma
4. All the boys were ready to help the old man.
   Masculine: boys, man

Q. Fill in the blanks with the opposite gender of words in bold.

1. The girl gave her lunch to the poor ________.
2. My elder sister looked after my younger ________.
3. My uncle presented a ring to my ________.
4. “________ and gentleman“, he announced.

Answer

1. boy
2. brother
3. aunt
4. Ladies