1.Masculine Gender.
2.Feminine Gender.
3.Common Gender.
4.Neuter Gender.
1.Masculine Gender.
Nouns or names of males denote the Masculine Gender.
Examples-:boy,man,ox,brother,Rahul.
2.Feminine Gender.
Nouns or names of females are of the Feminine Gender.
Examples-:sister,girls,woman,cow,Sheela.
3.Common Gender.
Nouns or names of either males or females are of the common gender.
Examples-:parents,children,teacher,neighbour,person.
4.Neuter Gender.
Nouns or things without life are of the Neuter Gender.
Examples-:school,day,class,book,pen.
Some nouns have entirely different words for the feminine gender.
Examples-:
Boy-Girl.
Uncle-Aunt.
Nephew-Niece.
Lord-Lady.
Sir-Madam.
Monk-Nun
Dog-Bitch.
Ways of forming the feminine nouns
(i)Add "-ess" at the end of the masculine to form the feminine.
Examples-:
Host-Hostess
Lion-Lioness.
Heir-Heiress.
In some cases, there is a slight change in the masculine form before we add -ess.
Actor-Actress.
Master-Mistress.
Some nouns add a syllable to the masculine to form the feminine.
Example-:
Hero-Heroine.
Sultan-Sultana.
Some nouns that are made up of two words, then change one of the two words to form masculine and feminine genders.
Examples-:
Grand father-Grand mother.
Land lord-Land lady.
Man servant-Maid servant.
He goat-She goat.
Milk man-Milk maid.
Peacock-Pea hen.
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