You're going to learn the gender meaning and types in the English language with example sentences in this lesson
The Meaning of Gender in English
In English, the gender means the words that refer to biological sex: male sex, female sex and other sex
Examples
Boy= male sex
Girl =female sex
The impotance of learning Gender in English
As a learner of English, you need to learn the gender system of the English language so that you can avoid making grammatical errors related to gender. For instance, if you are not aware that the word, ‘Girl’ is a feminine gender, it is possible that you use ‘Himself’ for the same. In other words, as you don't know what the gender of the word, ‘Girl’ is, you can say “The girl talked to himself.” in place of ‘Herself’. Likewise, you can possibly say “The girl took his bag and left for his house.” in place of ‘her’. so you are required to learn the gender of nouns and pronouns used in English
Types of Gender
There are four types of gender in English. They are as follows
. Male gender Masculine gender
Female gender = Feminine gender
. Common gender
. Neuter gender
. Male gender refers to male or male figure
Examples
My son went to the market with his wife.Son→ Male... ‘His’ used for this
My stallion is really nice. Stallion → Male horse
Female gender refers to female or female figure
Examples
My daughter is coming to our house with her husband
Daughter →female, ‘her’ used for this
The mare is sitting with her babies. Mare→ female horse
Common gender refers to livings that don't specify the gender
Examples
Every student opened their book.... Student → Common gender
A friend will always stand with their friend...... Friend → Common gender
Note:- When there's a common gender word, ‘They’ or ‘their’ is used for it. But traditionally, ‘his/her’ is used for it
. Neuter gender refers to those things that have no gende
Examples
I've recently bought a table. It is a nice table......Table → neuter gender, ‘It’ used with table
My pencil is red, but its cap is white..... Pencil → neuter gender, ‘Its’ used with pencil
Exercise 1
Read the following words and decide their genders
. Woman
. Hen
. Actor
. Actress
. Girl
. Man
. Lady
. Doctor
. Student
. Father
Answer key
. Feminine gender
. Feminine gender
. Masculine gender
. Feminine gender
. Feminine gender
. Masculine gender
. Feminine gender
. Common gender
. Common gender
. Masculine gender
Exercise 2
Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns according to the gender of the words used
1. Every student will go to......... class. (their or his)
2. My daughter came with.... husband. (her or his)
3. My son practises speaking English with..... friends. (his or her)
4. My mom will go to.....own house. (his or her)
5. The baby is sleeping with.....mom. (his, her or its )
Answer key
. Their
. Her
. His
. Her
. Its
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