This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Gender – Set 2”.
1. Fill in the blanks.
_____ brings the people of the town a lot of hardships. He is merciless.
a) Spring
b) Autumn
c) Winter
d) Fall
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Explanation: Winter is a masculine noun. The masculine gender holds good for objects of strength and power. The word “he” and “merciless” denote that the subject is of masculine form. Therefore, winter is the answer. The rest of the options are feminine nouns.
2. Fill in the blanks.
______ spread her cloak of beauty all over the country.
a) Summer
b) The Sun
c) Winter
d) Spring
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Explanation: Spring is a feminine noun. The feminine gender applies to objects of beauty, grace and softness. In the given sentence it is clear that the subject is a feminine noun as it can be identified from the words, “beauty”, “her”. Therefore, Spring is the correct answer. The rest are masculine nouns.
3. Choose the right option.
a) Hart – sow
b) Earl – countess
c) Ram – hind
d) Drone – duck
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Explanation: Earl-countess is the correct option because Earl and countess are the respective masculine and feminine forms of each other. The rest of the options do not match with their correct masculine and feminine forms.
4. Fill in the blanks.
The female pig is called ____
a) She-pig
b) Sow
c) Ewe
d) Doe
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Explanation: Sow is the correct feminine form of the masculine noun pig. Ewe and doe are the feminine forms of the masculine nouns ram and buck.
5. Identify the gender of the word monarch.
a) Neuter gender
b) Common gender
c) Masculine gender
d) Feminine gender
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Explanation: The gender of the noun monarch is common gender as it depicts either a male or a female. The masculine, feminine or common gender doesn’t apply for the noun monarch.
6. Choose the right option.
Traitor is a common gender noun.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
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Explanation: Traitor is a masculine gender noun. The feminine form of the masculine noun traitor is traitress. Therefore, it’s not a common gender noun.
7. Choose the right syllable adder for the masculine noun signor in order to convert it into a feminine noun.
a) -a
b) -ess
c) -trix
d) -ine
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Explanation: “a” is the correct syllable adder to convert the masculine noun signor into its correct feminine form ignore. The rest of the options cannot be applied.
8. Fill in the blanks.
Bull-calf is the masculine form of _______
a) She-calf
b) Cow-calf
c) Calf
d) Hind
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Explanation: Bull-calf is the masculine form of Cow-calf as the feminine form of bull is cow. The rest of the options are incorrect.
9. Fill in the blanks.
The gender of the word newspaper is _______
a) Common gender
b) Masculine gender
c) Neuter gender
d) Feminine gender
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Explanation: The word newspaper is a subject that denotes neither a male nor a female. Hence it is a neuter gender noun. The rest of the options are incorrect.
10. Choose the feminine noun.
a) Friar
b) Hart
c) Vixen
d) Viscount
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Explanation: Vixen is a feminine noun whose masculine noun form is “fox”. The rest of the options are masculine nouns.
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