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Gender

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While coming to school in the morning, notice five common gender nouns and five

neuter gender nouns. Write them in the correct boxes.

Common Gender Neuter Gender

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Let’s Learn Gender

There are four types of gender.
Gender

Masculine Feminine Common Neuter

Masculine Gender
A noun that denotes a male is said to be of the masculine gender.

Nouns like man, boy, father, king, lion, bull and stallion are said to be of the masculine
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gender.
The pronouns he and him are said to be of the masculine gender.
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Feminine Gender
A noun that denotes a female is said to be of the feminine gender.

Nouns like woman, girl, mother, queen, lioness, cow and mare are said to be of the
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feminine gender.
The pronouns she and her are said to be of the feminine gender.
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