Gender of Nouns – Exercises for Class 5

Nouns are divided into four categories according to their genders:

• Masculine gender refers to a male.
• Feminine gender refers to a female.
• Common gender refers to either a male or a female.
• Neuter gender refers to a non-living things.

Exercises

Q. Arrange the following words into masculine, feminine, common, and neuter gender.

boy, girl, student, table, book, friend, madam, sir, poetess, child, tiger, wall

Answer

Masculine

1. boy
2. sir
3. tiger

Feminine

1. girl
2. madam
3. poetess

Common

1. student
2. child
3. friend

Neuter

1. table
2. wall
3. book