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Nouns: Gender

ICSE · Class 5 · Essentials of English Grammar and Composition

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Overview

In English grammar, nouns are classified into different genders based on the person or thing they represent. This chapter, 'Nouns: Gender', teaches Class 5 students about the four types of gender — masculine, feminine, common, and neuter. Understanding gender helps us use the correct words when spea

Key Concepts

A noun that refers to

A noun that refers to a male person or animal is of masculine gender. For example: boy, king, lion, father.

A noun that refers to

A noun that refers to a female person or animal is of feminine gender. For example: girl, queen, lioness, mother.

A noun that can be either

A noun that can be either male or female is of common gender. For example: student, doctor, friend, teacher.

A noun that refers to

A noun that refers to a thing without life is of neuter gender. For example: book, table, house, pen.

Some feminine nouns are formed by

Some feminine nouns are formed by adding -ess to the masculine form, like actor → actress. Sometimes spelling changes, like 'prince' to 'princess'. Ot

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the gender of nouns as masculine, feminine, common, or neuter
  • Differentiate between masculine and feminine forms of nouns
  • Learn how to form feminine nouns from masculine ones using suffixes like -ess
  • Recognize irregular masculine and feminine pairs that do not follow rules
  • Apply gender knowledge in correct sentence formation

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