ENGLISH REVISION WORKSHEET–NOUN GENDER ANSWER KEY

GRADE-3 (2017-2018)

Note for parents: Worksheets are basically for reinforcement with sample questions on the topics.
Kindly avoid taking printouts and help your child to solve the worksheets at home in a notebook.

Q- 1. Fill in the missing gender

1. author - authoress 2. peacock- peahen

3. bachelor- spinster 4. drone - bee

5.shepherd- shepherdess 6. milkman- milkmaid

7.waiter- waitress 8.mistress - master

9. madam- sir 10. stag - doe

Q- 2 Fill in the blanks with the opposite gender of the underlined noun.

1. Mr. and Mrs. White are husband and wife.

2. The horse and the mare were in the stable.
3. The duke and the duchess travelled around the kingdom in a chariot.
4. My grandpa was reading the newspaper and my grandma was knitting.

5. A grand party was hosted for bachelors and spinster.

Q-3 Complete the table with words from the box. Make sentence using one noun from each
category

Nephew, actress, doctor, animal, shirt, house, aunt, peacock,

daughter-in-law, quilt, peon, pen, mare, king, president, steward

Feminine Nouns Masculine Nouns Common gender Neuter gender Nouns

Nouns
actress nephew doctor shirt
Daughter-in law peacock peon house
mare king president quilt
aunt steward animal pen
 1. ____________________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________________________

Q-4 Rewrite these sentences, changing the nouns from masculine to feminine and vice versa.
1. My son is afraid of the tiger.

My daughter is afraid of the tigress.

2. The gander hissed at the children.

The goose hissed at the children.
3. Mr. Mehta’s aunt is the hostess for the party.

Mrs. Mehta’s uncle is the host for the party.

4. My nephew sent me a present.

My niece sent me a present.
5. The actor won an award for the film.

The actress won an award for the film.

6. The milkmaid comes to deliver milk every morning.

The milkman comes to deliver milk every morning.

7. The lady is rowing the boat.

The gentleman is rowing the boat.
8. The hunter lost his way in the jungle.

The huntress lost her way in the jungle.

9. The woman went into the dining hall with her friend.
The man went into the dining hall with his friend.

10. The steward walked in the garden in the evening.

The stewardess walked in the garden in the evening.

Q-6 Give one word for the following and write the gender of the noun.

1. A person who is treated by a doctor- patient (Common)

2. A woman who is about to get married- bride ( Feminine )

3. A man who serves customers in a restaurant or hotel- waiter (Masculine)

4. The instrument used to take photograph- camera (Neuter)

5. The son of a king - prince (Masculine)

6. A woman who is supposed to have magical powers - witch (Feminine)

7. One who sings songs- singer ( Common )

8. A stretch of land surrounded by water- island (Neuter)