English Grammar Lessons - Gender

Basic English Grammar -- Chapter 03 -- Gender -- Nouns ( Masculine, feminine, Neuter, Common)

The Noun-Gender tells us about the sex of the noun.

In Grammar-Nouns, there are FOUR GENDERS.

1. Masculine gender:

A noun is said to be in the Masculine gender if it refers to a male character or member of a species.

Man, lion, hero, boy, king, horse and actor are nouns of masculine gender.

Example:
• A boy is playing in the play-ground.
• Hero of the movie is not a native of this country.
In these sentences the words "boy" and "hero" are masculine-gender nouns.

2. Feminine gender:

A noun is said to be in the feminine gender if it refers to a female member of a species.

Woman, lioness, heroine, girl, mare, niece, empress, cow and actress are few of the feminine-gender nouns that we use.

Example:
• A girl is playing in the play-ground.
• Heroine of the movie is not a native of this country.
In these sentences the words "girl" and "heroine" are feminine-gender nouns.

The next in the Noun-Gender is common gender.

3. Common gender:
A noun is said to be in Common gender if it refers to a member of species which can be a male or a female.
Child, student, friend, applicant, candidate, servant, member,

parliamentarian and leader are few of the common-gender nouns.

Example:

• A child is playing in the play-ground.
• A Parliamentarian should have command over his language.
In these sentences the words, "child" and "parliamentarian" are nouns of common gender.

The next in the Noun-Gender is neuter gender.

4. Neuter gender:

A noun is said to be in the neuter gender if it refers to a member of a species which is neither a male nor a female.

Normally nouns referring to lifeless objects are in neuter nouns.

Chair, table, tree, star, mountain, street, book, car, school,
paper, pencil and computer are few of the neuter nouns which We use regularly.