English Grammar 6 THE NOUN: GENDER

{ "questions": [ { "question": "A noun that refers to a male animal is of the:", "options": [ "Masculine Gender", "Feminine Gender", "Common Gender", "Neuter Gender" ], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "Which of the following is an example of the Neuter Gender?", "options": [ "Teacher", "Tree", "Uncle", "Maid" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "A word that can be used for both a male and a female is called:", "options": [ "Neuter Gender", "Joint Gender", "Common Gender", "Dual Gender" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Which gender does the noun \"Orphan\" belong to?", "options": [ "Masculine", "Feminine", "Neuter", "Common" ], "answer": 3 }, { "question": "\"The moon has hidden _____ face behind a cloud.\" Fill in the blank based on personification rules.", "options": [ "her", "its", "their", "his" ], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "When objects are personified, which of the following is usually treated as Masculine?", "options": [ "Spring", "Death", "Peace", "Earth" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Why is a ship often referred to as \"she\"?", "options": [ "Because ships are built by women.", "Because ships are delicate.", "Due to grammatical personification in English tradition.", "It is an old grammatical mistake." ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "What is the feminine form of \"Bachelor\"?", "options": [ "Bachelorette", "Lady", "Madam", "Maid / Spinster" ], "answer": 3 }, { "question": "Choose the correct feminine form of \"Monk\".", "options": [ "Nun", "Monkoress", "Friar", "Priestess" ], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "What is the masculine form of \"Hind\"?", "options": [ "Ram", "Stag", "Colt", "Drake" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "What is the feminine of \"Drake\"?", "options": [ "Hen", "Goose", "Duck", "Swan" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "How is the feminine of \"Actor\" formed?", "options": [ "By adding a different word entirely.", "By just adding -ess (Actoress).", "By adding -ine.", "By dropping the final vowel and adding -ess (Actress)." ], "answer": 3 }, { "question": "Which of the following shows the correct Masculine-Feminine pair?", "options": [ "Earl - Countess", "Earl - Earless", "Count - Counta", "King - Princess" ], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "What is the feminine form of \"Fox\"?", "options": [ "Foxess", "Vixen", "Foxine", "She-fox" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Identify the feminine of \"Emperor\".", "options": [ "Emperess", "Queen", "Empress", "Emperina" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "What is the masculine form of \"Witch\"?", "options": [ "Warlock", "Sorcerer", "Enchanter", "Wizard" ], "answer": 3 }, { "question": "Which is the most common suffix used today to form a feminine noun?", "options": [ "-ess", "-trix", "-a", "-ine" ], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "What is the feminine form of \"Manservant\"?", "options": [ "Womanservant", "Maidservant", "Servantmaid", "Lady-servant" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Identify the gender of the word \"Neighbour\".", "options": [ "Masculine", "Feminine", "Common", "Neuter" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "What is the feminine form of \"Hero\"?", "options": [ "Shero", "Heroess", "Herotrix", "Heroine" ], "answer": 3 } ] }