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Nouns: gender
1)
General rule Example: My poor little dog died.
man
-- woman
The same can be said of certain male and female animals: a
buck, a doe
3) In other cases, the word "male" or "female" is added, if it is considered necessary to be specific: a
female cat
4)
Pronouns
5)
Man/Woman They
are in a group of male dancers. |
TEST - Find the feminine forms: bull, cat, man, doctor, buck, uncle, actor, father
ANSWERS
cow, female cat, woman, woman
doctor, doe, actress, mother |