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Nouns
Exercise 3
Rewrite, supplying a Feminine Noun in the place of the Masculine
Noun:
1. My nephew got admission to the Govt Boys' School
2. The milkman was frightened by a tiger.
3. The baron has a gold watch in his pocket.
4. He remained a bachelor all his life.
5. The king honoured the poet by giving him a reward.
6. The host received the prince with great cordiality.
7. The actor was accompanied by his nephew and his brother.
8. The king asked the man to give a reward to the hero for having
saved his son from a lion.
9. He is cleverer than his brother.
10. My nephew, the host, is a bachelor.
11. Boy as he was, he was chosen king,
12. He sold the horse which belonged to his brother.
13. He said that his uncle was writing a letter to his son.
14. He enjoys his master's confidence.
15. The man who saved his son from a lion was welcomed as a hero
by the king
Answers
Required Answer :-
Rewrite, supplying a Feminine Noun in the place of the Masculine Noun:
1. My nephew got admission to the Govt Boys' School.
➣ My niece got admission to the Govt Girls' School.
2. The milkman was frightened by a tiger.
➣ The milkmaid was frightened by a tigeress.
3. The baron has a gold watch in his pocket.
➣ The baroness has a gold watch in her pocket.
4. He remained a bachelor all his life.
➣ She remained a bachelorette all her life.
5. The king honoured the poet by giving him a reward.
➣ The queen honoured the poetess by giving her a reward.
6. The host received the prince with great cordiality.
➣ The hostess recieved the princess with great cordially.
7. The actor was accompanied by his nephew and his brother.
➣ The actress was accompanied by her niece and her sister.
8. The king asked the man to give a reward to the hero for having saved his son from a lion.
➣ The queen asked the woman to give a reward to the heroine for having saved her daughter from a lioness.
9. He is cleverer than his brother.
➣ She is cleverer than her sister.
10. My nephew, the host, is a bachelor.
➣ My niece, the hostess is a bachelorette.
11. Boy as he was, he was chosen king.
➣ Girl as she was, she was chosen queen.
12. He sold the horse which belonged to his brother.
➣ She sold the mare which belonged to her sister.
13. He said that his uncle was writing a letter to his son.
➣ She said that her anuty was writing a letter to her daughter.
14. He enjoys his master's confidence.
➣ She enjoys his mistress' confidence.
15. The man who saved his son from a lion was welcomed as a hero by the king
➣ The woman who saved her daughter from a lioness was welcomed as a heroine by the queen.