V. Rewrite the following sentences changing the nouns in bold from masculine to
feminine gender making other necessary changes wherever required:
1. My father will invite all his nephews.
2. The prince had a fine horse.
3. The men took their sons along.
Answers
Answer:
1.My mother will invite all her niece
2.The princess had a fine female horse.
3.The women took their daughters along
Answer
1. My father will invite all his nephews.
→ My mother will invite all her niece.
2. The prince had a fine horse.
→ The princess had a fine mare.
3. The men took their sons along.
→ The women took their daughters along.
Sita is a girl.
Here, the word 'girl' is a noun and used to describe the female group.
Similarly,
Ram is Riya's brother.
Here, the word 'brother' is a noun and used to describe the male group.
In grammar, the word gender is
used to describe the feature of nouns.
Masculine gender refers to males. Feminine gender refers to females.
→ Boy (masculine) Girl (feminine)
→ Fox (masculine) Vixen (feminine)
→ Uncle (masculine) Aunt (feminine) & so on.