Week 5 – Lesson 1

Grade: 3
Date: October 2020
Subject: Language Arts
Topic: Gender
 

Gender is used to tell if a noun is male or female creatures of 
either sex or refers to things without life.
Female (Feminine)......... Male (Masculine) ----------
 Either male or female (common).  
 Neither  male nor female (neuter). Male or female (neuter)
1. If a noun tells about a male, we say the gender is masculine
2. If a noun tells about a female, we say the gender is feminine.
3. If a noun can be used for either a male or a female, we say 
the gender is common
4. If the noun is used to tell about a noun that cannot be male
or female we say the gender is neuter.
Activity: 1    
 Tell the gender to which each word belong by writing “M” for 
masculine, “F” for feminine,  “C” for common and “N” for neuter.
nephew _______              church _________           girl _____________
children ________               door ___________          bride ____________
kettle __________                baby __________         conductor __________
uncle ________                friend ________                niece ___________
cow _________                       sheep ______