Gender in English Grammar | Definition, Types, Rules & 100 Examples for Class 6–7

🎓 Gender in English Grammar

📘 For Class 6 & 7 | WBBSE & CBSE



📖 What is Gender?

Gender means the category of a noun or pronoun that tells us whether it is male, female, common or lifeless (neutral).

👉 Example: boy (male), girl (female), teacher (common), pen (neuter)


🔢 Types of Gender:

  1. Masculine Gender – Names of males (e.g. king, boy)
  2. Feminine Gender – Names of females (e.g. queen, girl)
  3. Common Gender – Names used for both (e.g. child, friend)
  4. Neuter Gender – Names of lifeless things (e.g. book, table)

📋 Gender Transformation Rules:

  • 📌 By changing the word: father → mother
  • 📌 By adding a suffix: lion → lioness
  • 📌 By using different word: uncle → aunt

✅ Masculine to Feminine – Top 50 Examples

MasculineFeminine
KingQueen
FatherMother
BoyGirl
PrincePrincess
WaiterWaitress
HeroHeroine
SonDaughter
UncleAunt
HeShe
HorseMare
BullCow
DogBitch
BrotherSister
HusbandWife
PeacockPeahen
ActorActress
WizardWitch
DukeDuchess
GodGoddess
DrakeDuck

🧑 Common Gender – Examples (51–75)

  • Child
  • Friend
  • Doctor
  • Teacher
  • Parent
  • Cousin
  • Artist
  • Judge
  • Student
  • Player
  • Cook
  • Leader
  • Author
  • Baby
  • Singer
  • Principal
  • Guide
  • Poet
  • Musician
  • Dancer
  • Clerk
  • Passenger
  • Member
  • Manager
  • Captain

📦 Neuter Gender – Examples (76–100)

  • Book
  • Pen
  • Table
  • Chair
  • Phone
  • Laptop
  • Fan
  • Board
  • Bag
  • Room
  • Wall
  • Cup
  • Light
  • Clock
  • Bottle
  • Map
  • Paper
  • Box
  • Notebook
  • Pencil
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Window
  • Curtain
  • Bed

📝 Practice Section

  1. Write the feminine form of the following: king, nephew, lion
  2. Write 5 common gender examples.
  3. Make a list of 5 neuter gender words from your classroom.

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