English Grammar Class 1 Gender - PDF

In today’s lesson, we will discuss the gender of nouns. The different genders have been discussed in detail along with the illustrations. Practice questions and solved examples are given throughout the article for better understanding and concept clarity. Let’s begin the journey on this great topic.

English Grammar

Gender of Nouns

• Each noun has particular gender, which could be masculine, feminine, or neuter.

• The only gender-specific pronouns in the English language are, he and she.

• “He” is used to denote the masculine gender while “she” is used to denoting the female gender.

• Gender indicates whether a particular noun or pronoun is in the masculine or feminine form. 

• Most nouns in the English language are not associated with any particular gender.

• The prominent gender-related nouns are related to people and animals.

• A masculine noun refers to the nouns that show the male subtype. For example, king, priest, duke, viscount, man, boy, father, cock, bull, fox.

• A feminine noun refers to the nouns that show the female subtype. For example, queen, priestess, duchess, viscountess, woman, girl, mother, hen, cow, and vixen.

• Several nouns in the English language are neither associated with the male nor the female gender. they are associated with the neuter gender. For example, table, chair, village, city, house.

• These nouns are usually non-living or inanimate objects, places, or nouns. Hence, these are neither assigned to the feminine nor the masculine gender. These nouns are substituted by the pronoun, ‘it’ in the case of singular nouns, and ‘they’ in the case of plural nouns.

• There are several nouns in the English language that contains a lot of nouns that are not associated with any particular gender. These nouns can be represented by both masculine and feminine gender. For example, a teacher, relative, parent, student, or cousin.

• In the English language, gendered pronouns are occasionally applied to sexless objects like robots, ships, and, tools. This type of gender is referred to as metaphorical gender. This is due to the personification of the inanimate noun to give a poetic effect or to imply a strong emotional attachment. A common metaphorical gender is utilized while referring to ships

Gender of Nouns

Gender-Specific Words

Genders denote whether a noun or pronoun belongs to the male, female or neuter category.

Gender Specificity in Sentences

Gender of Nouns

• It is essential that the noun is associated with the proper gender while being used in a sentence.

• Michele is my friend. She is a businesswoman.

• Peter is my relative. He is an engineer.

• Ander is my colleague. He is an Indian.

• Jane is my wife. She is a cop.

• She loves her dog.

Difficult Words with  Meanings

Summary

In this chapter, we started with the type of genders. We learned the same with different examples. We then discussed the neuter gender. Practice Questions along with the answers and the meaning of the difficult words have been discussed in the end. 

Practice Questions

Fill in The Blank Cells With The Appropriate Noun

Answers: 

Importance of Gender for Class 1 English Chapter 6

It is important that kids understand their gender at a young age to feel a deep sense of connection with themselves and also understand the world around them.

• Most children recognize gender by two years of age, start understanding their own gender by three years, and identify gender identities around them from five to six years of age. So, it impacts their experience of the world from a young age and also plays a part in their sense of self.

• Gender awareness helps children explore who they are, peer acceptance, well-being and make connections with others around them.

• Gender is centric to all our social relations and it also makes you aware of your power, privilege, rights, and possibilities.

• Healthy gender awareness is also fruitful to address issues of violence with peers. 

Example of Gender Words for Class 1

Kids learn masculine and feminine gender for Class 1 with pictures and following are some kinds of exercises:

• Look at pictures and identify if it is a he or a she.

• Write masculine or feminine gender of the given words (change the gender for Class 1):

• Waiter, brother, dog, aunt, daughter, sir, grandma, etc.

• Select the correct gender for different words:

• Mother - feminine/masculine

• Father - feminine/masculine

• King - feminine/masculine

• Queen - feminine/masculine

• Emperor - feminine/masculine

• Empress - feminine/masculine

• Match the masculine and feminine gender in the table:

Some Facts about Gender for Class 1

• Gender is a type and generally describes a person’s sex.

• Before 1950, the word "gender" was only used in the grammar field to distinguish feminine nouns from masculine nouns, for example, in the Spanish language "day" is feminine, and "house" is masculine. The term "gender" did not refer to people back then. In 1955, a scientist first started using it in novel ways when referring to people that were related to their "sex" and also their behaviour.

• Gender expression means how you express your gender to others in various forms like behaviour, thoughts, hairstyle, clothing, your name, etc.

•  A child’s gender expression is mostly influenced by exposure to stereotypes.

• There is evidence to show educators must have gender awareness and be open about the diverse choices of girls and boys to help them develop and learn in an equal manner.

Important Topics of Class 1 English Chapter 6

• Learn about different gender words for Class 1 through pictures.

• Memorise a table that has a gender list.

• Exercises to practise gender words.