Studying Grammar Like Crazy!

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Noun
Common gender pairs
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3-6
Explanation and discussion:
Different languages treat gender issues differently.

In addition, English, and esp. American English is undergoing many changes with gender in speech. However, for the present time, we should realize that there are certain pairs of words, which are quite different from each other, used to refer to members depending on their gender.

See the examples for a few, and then test your knowledge of some more.

Example(s):

 

masculine nouns

feminine nouns

bachelor

spinster (more modern is bachelorette)

brother

sister

father

mother

uncle

aunt

king

queen

cock

hen

gander

goose

ram

ewe

widower

widow

Note(s):Some people are doing their best to change these centuries old words.
Exercise(s):
Note: Due to a bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer, you must click next question for the first question. This does not happen in Netscape. In any browser, click on the [a], [b] or [c] for the answer and the next question button to see the next question.

          


Tries:    Right - Wrong Answers:
For this exercise, consider 6 "Great", 5 or better "Very Good", 3 or better "Good" and 2 or better "OK". Remember the score is RIGHT minus WRONG. Zero or less, please study some more.