Noun Gender For Class 5

Read these sentences below.

1. Peter and Saira are close friends.

2. The baby is crying

3. The sky is blue in color.

In the first sentence, Peter is the name of a boy therefore, he belongs to the masculine gender and Saira is the name of a girl who belongs to the feminine gender.

In the second sentence, a baby stands for both boy and girl therefore ‘baby’ refers to the common gender.

In the third sentence, the sky is neither a boy nor a girl it’s a non-living thing belonging to the neuter gender.

Let us study these four types of genders in detail.

1. Masculine gender
2. Feminine gender
3. Common gender
4. Neuter gender

1. Masculine Gender

The masculine gender refers to a noun that is classified as male or boy used for a person or animal. Man, boy, uncle, ox, and dog are some masculine gender.

2. Feminine Gender

The feminine gender refers to now that is classified as girls or women use for a person or animals. Girl, Aunt, mother, princess, and daughter are some feminine gender.

Let’s study the table of masculine and feminine gender given below.

3. Common Gender

Nouns that are used for both males and females together are common gender. Baby, child, parents, and student doctors are common gender.

Learn more examples of common gender from the table given below.

4. Neuter Gender

Nonliving things that cannot be distinguished as male or female so, it is called neuter gender. Tables, wood, tree, chair, and forests are some neuter gender.

Study more examples of Neuter gender from the table.

Noun Gender For Class 5 Worksheet

Exercise: 1

Write the feminine gender of the following.

1. Horse
2. Husband
3. King
4. Lord
5. Man
6. Monk
7. Brother
8. Bull
9. Boy
10. Buck

Answers

1. Mare
2. Wife
3. Queen
4. Lady
5. Woman
6. Nun
7. Sister
8. Cow
9. Girl
10. Doe

Exercise: 2

Write the masculine gender of the following.

1. Niece
2. Madam
3. Daughter
4. Witch
5. Goose
6. Priestess
7. Lioness
8. Heroine
9. Vixen
10. Peahen

Answers

1. Nephew
2. Sir
3. Son
4. Wizard
5. Gander
6. Priest
7. Lion
8. Hero
9. Fox
10. Peacock

Exercise: 3

Identify the nouns in the following sentences and then change the gender.

1. My sister is ready to go to the party.
2. The peacock is dancing in the rain.
3. Her son holds a big business in his town.
4. The man picked up the bag and got into a bus.
5. My uncle travels from one place to another for business.
6. My father cooks tasty food.
7. The tiger attacked the wolf.
8. The boys are participating in an annual function.
9. Mr. Sharma’s nephew is a software engineer.
10. The headmaster punished the school boys for coming late.

Answers

1. Sister-brother
2. Peacock-peahen
3. Son-daughter
4. Man-women
5. Uncle-Aunt
6. Father-Mother
7. Tiger-tigress
8. Boys-Girls
9. Nephew-neice
10. Headmaster-headmistress

Exercise: 4

Classify neuter and common gender from the words given below.

Answers

Also read: Noun Number for class 5

Noun Gender For Class 5 PDF