Grammar Galaxy : Ch - 17 Gender : TB work

 

Ch.17

Gender

Textbook work :

1. Write each underlined word in the correct column.

a) The doctor had a busy day at the hospital.

b) The princess wore a pearl necklace.

c) “The master and the mistress are not at home,” said the domestic help

to the gentleman.

d) The brother and the sister went to the park where their friends were

waiting for them.

e) The artist was painting a picture by the seaside.

f) “Switch off the computer,” said Maria to the children.

Ans.

 

2. In the following sentences replace the masculine gender with the feminine gender along with the necessary pronoun and write the same in the blanks provided.

a) The (boar) ___________, the (buck)____________ and the (bull) ________________decided to form a band of musicians.

b) The (gentleman) ____________offered (his)_________seat to the old (man) __________in the bus.

c) The (drake) _________and the (gander)____________ lived happily on the farm.

d) The (horse)___________ neighed softly and took a sugar cube from the (master) ____________.

e) The (emperor)______________ rewarded the brave  (shepherd)__________

f) The (landlord) ________________was angry with my (nephew) ________ for (he)______ had not paid the rent on time.

Ans.

a. sow, deer, cow

b. lady, her, woman

c. duck, goose

d. mare, mistress

e. empress, shepherdess

f. landlady, niece, she