MASCULINE, FEMININE AND NEUTER NOUN

Different Types of Nouns: Based on Gender

Nouns can also be grouped by gender, which tells us if they are male, female, or neither. 

• Masculine Nouns

These nouns refer to male persons or male animals. 

Examples: boy, father, king, lion, bull, man, hero

Feminine Nouns:

These nouns refer to female persons or animals. 

Examples: girl, mother, queen, lioness, cow, woman, heroine 

Neuter Nouns:

These nouns refer to non-living things or plants that do not have a gender. 

Examples: table, chair, book, pencil, stone, tree, house 

 Important Points to Remember! 

Before going for worksheet, please recap important takeaway of Noun lesson:

• Nouns are naming words. They name people, places, animals, or things (including ideas and feelings!). 
• Proper Nouns always start with a capital letter because they name something specific. Like Mumbai, Ram etc.
• Common Nouns are general names and usually don't start with a capital letter.  Like boy, girl, dog etc
• Abstract Nouns are things you can't touch or see, like happiness or courage. 
• Collective Nouns name a group as one unit, like a team or a flock. 
• Nouns can be masculine (male), feminine (female), or neuter (no gender, for non-living things). 

Practice Set: Gender of Nouns 

🧠 Identify the Gender

Write whether the noun is Masculine / Feminine / Neuter

1. Lion 
2. Queen 
3. Table 
4. Hero 
5. Cow 

🧠 Change the Gender

Write the feminine form of the following:

1. King → ________ 
2. Boy → ________ 
3. Bull → ________ 

🧠 Change the Gender

Write the masculine form:

1. Actress → ________ 
2. Lioness → ________ 

✏️ Fill in the Blanks

1. The ________ (lion / lioness) is taking care of her cubs. 
2. My ________ (father / mother) cooks delicious food. 
3. The ________ (king / queen) ruled the kingdom wisely. 

🧠 Choose the Correct Option

1. Which is a neuter noun?
    a) Tiger
    b) Girl
    c) Book
    d) Woman 

🧠 Sentence Correction

1. Identify and correct the wrong noun:
    "The king is feeding her baby." 

✅ ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATION

✔ Answers:

1. Lion → Masculine (male animal) 
2. Queen → Feminine (female person) 
3. Table → Neuter (non-living thing) 
4. Hero → Masculine 
5. Cow → Feminine 

👉 Explanation:

• Male → Masculine 
• Female → Feminine 
• Non-living → Neuter 

✔  Answers:

1. King → Queen 
2. Boy → Girl 
3. Bull → Cow 

👉 Explanation: These are opposite gender forms.

✔ Answers:

1. Actress → Actor 
2. Lioness → Lion 

👉 Explanation: Remove feminine suffix (-ess) to get masculine.

✔  Answers:

1. Lioness
    👉 Because "her cubs" → female 
2. Mother
    👉 Cooking traditionally linked to female in this context 
3. King / Queen
    👉 Both possible, but depends on sentence context 

✔  Answer:

1. c) Book 

👉 Explanation:
 Book = non-living → Neuter noun

✔  Answer:

1. ❌ Wrong: "king"
    ✔ Correct sentence:
   👉 "The queen is feeding her baby." 

👉 Explanation:
 "her" indicates feminine → so noun must be feminine

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