Gender.

Gender shows the sex of a person , an animal, etc. It teels whether a person is a man or a woman, etc.. Nouns have four Genders:

1. Masculine Gender, used for all males, e.g. boy ,man,father.

2. Feminine Gender, for all female,e.g. girl , women, mother.

3. Common Gender where the Noun can be either male or female, e.g. friend, child, neighbour, cousin, adult, person, student, pupil, musician, clerk, guest, artist, traveller,companion, relative, passenger, tourist, bird, deer, frog, kitten, cat, fish, fly.

4. Neuter Gender for things which have no life or sex or are not thought of as having life of sex. E.g table, book, pencil, house, pen, box, school, duster, bag, etc.

Masculine Feminine

Boy girl

Man woman

Brother sister

Father mother

Husband wife

Son daughter

Uncle aunt

Nephew niece

Hero heroine

Monk nun

Lord lady

Wizard witch

Bachelor maid or spinster

Widower widow

Lad lass

Actor actress

Hunter huntress

Master mistress

Emperor empress

Sir madam

Gentleman lady

King queen

Tiger tigress

Duke duchess

Prince princess

Murderer murderess

Negro negress

Bull cow

Cock hen

Dog bitch

Drake duck

Gander goose

Horse mare

Drone queen bee

Boar sow

Buck (rabbit) doe

Buck (deer) doe or hind

Fox vixen

Count countess

God goddess

Manager manageress

Poet poetess

Priest priestess

Proprietor proprietress

Shepherd shepherdess

Tailor tailoress

Policeman policewoman

Milkman milkmaid

Pea-cock pea-hen

He-goat she-goat

Cock-sparrow hen-sparrow

Bull-calf cow-calf

Billy-goat nanny-goat

Manservant maidservant

Grandfather grandmother

Grandson granddaughter

Great-uncle great-aunt

Landlord landlady

Rex (king) Regina (queen)