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5. Fill in the blanks
Some countries!
You calla
Some jobs hc
A
plane. An
Write Mf
Exercise
A. Write M, N, or C in the brackets to show whether these nouns are masculine, neuter or
gender.
2. parent
7. astronomer
3. container
4. waiter
6. rooster
5. owner
8. locker
7. opener
10. engineer
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9. officer
12. powder
77. cooker
14. pupil
13. gander
16. neighbour
75. dancer
18. army
17 partner
20. gold
19. ship
fi the blankes
1. Aher
2. The
3. The
4. N
5.1
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Answers
Explanation:
Geoffrey Chaucer was the first gifted poet to write English vernacular. Up until that
time Anglo Norman or Latin were favored court languages. Hence Geoffrey Chaucer
came to be regarded as the ‘Father of English Literature’. French love poetry exerted a
strong influence on Chaucer. The influence can be found in ‘The second Nun’s Tale’ in
‘The Canterbury Tales’. Chaucer composed an elegy for the first wife of his patron,
John of Gaunt, and titled it, ‘The Book of Duchess’. This was his first important work.
‘The Canterbury Tales’ written by Chaucer is a timeless classic of English poetry. The
tales in the title refer to the stories told by people to kill time during a pilgrimage.
Chaucer began to write ‘The Canterbury Tales’ in 1387. Chaucer was born between