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Masculine and Feminine words. Looking at gender.
Task One Look at this list of nouns.
You must write the nouns in your books under the correct heading.
Task Two Certain animals have different names depending on whether they are male (masculine) or female (feminine). An example of this is fox (male) and vixen (female) Look at this list of animals.
You must use a dictionary and your own knowledge to put these animals under the following headings.
Task Three Titles of people are often separated into masculine and feminine titles. Some are neutral titles; they can refer to a man or a woman. For example, chairman (masc.) Chairwoman (fem.) Chairperson (neutral) Look at this list of titles.
List the titles under these headings.
Extension Change the masculine nouns in these sentences into feminine nouns.
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