Class 4 Gender Change in English Grammar with Worksheet is an educational tool designed to help fourth-grade students understand English grammar by transforming words to reflect gender variations, providing engaging exercises and clear explanations to enhance their understanding of the English language.
There are certain nouns that we can use for both males and females. They belong to the common gender.
● parent
● child
● pupil
● baby
● neighbour
● student
Non-living things are said to belong to the neuter gender. They are neither male nor female.
● book
● table
● desk
● river
● city
● tree
Class 4 Gender Change and Pronouns usage
The pronouns he and him are masculine while she and her are feminine.
The pronouns I,you,we, me, us can either be masculine or feminine in Common genders
The pronouns they and them can be any gender – masculine, feminine, or neuter.
The pronoun ‘it’ is always the neuter gender because it mostly refers to things or sometimes animals.
Class 4 Gender Change
We add -ess to some masculine nouns to form the feminine gender.
● host- hostess
● lion – lioness
Sometimes, while adding -ess to form feminine gender, we change the spelling slightly.
● god – goddess
● duke duchess
Note
When we talk about animals, we can either use the neuter gender, or the masculine/feminine gender, depending on whether the animal is male or female.
●Look at that horse. It is running very fast.
● I have a pet cat. She loves to climb trees.
Note
Feminine forms denoting a profession such as an authoress, poetess, actress, and waitress are not used any longer. Instead, we use author,actor, poet, and waiter to include both genders.
Class 4 Gender Change Worksheet 1
A. Match these gender pairs.
Masculine
Feminine
1. man
niece
2. lord
wife
3. nephew
duchess
4. husband
madam
5. sir
woman
6. duke
lady
Class 4 Gender Change Worksheet 2
B Write the masculine gender for these nouns.
1. Grandmother ………………………………….
2. landlady ………………………………….
3. milkmaid ………………………………….
4. granddaughter ………………………………….
5. peahen ………………………………….
6. headmistress ………………………………….
Worksheet 3
C. Complete these sentences with the opposite gender of the highlighted nouns.
1. There are more girls than ……….. in my class.
2. The tiger and the ………….. rested under the tree after their meal.
3. My uncle and ………….. are visiting us next week.
4. The hero had acted in several films before this, but the ………….. was fairly new to the industry.
5. In the Gir forest, we saw many lions but not a single …………..
6. Everybody said that the bride and the ………….. Were a well-matched couple.
7. My father works in Mumbai, and my ………….. and I live in Delhi.
8. The ………….. and the landlady live on the first floor with their two children, a son and a …………..
Worksheet 4
D. Change the gender of the highlighted nouns and rewrite these sentences.
1. The men worked in the fields from morning to night.
……………………………………………………………..
2. The waiter welcomed us into the restaurant.
……………………………………………………………..
3. My nephew works in a bank in Kolkata.
……………………………………………………………..
4. The author gave a long speech at the function.
……………………………………………………………..
5. My sister baked a chocolate cake for me.
……………………………………………………………..
6. The goose chased us around the garden.
……………………………………………………………..
7. The wife stood at the door to receive the guests.
……………………………………………………………..
Worksheet 5
E. Complete these sentences with the correct pronouns from the box.
1. The girl ran to catch the bus. ………………… was late for school.
2. Peter is very good at table tennis. I cannot beat …………………
3. The cat is hungry. ………………… needs food.
4. I wrote to my uncle and aunt to thank ………………… for the lovely present.
5. We are going to the mall, Kiran. Would……………. like to come with us?
6. These people are going to Indore. ………………… have been waiting on the platform for a long time.
7. Can you see that tall man in the shop? ………………… is our neighbor.
Worksheet 6
F. Identify the gender of the highlighted nouns/pronouns in this story. Write M for masculine, F for feminine, C for common, and N for neuter.
A man and his son went to the town to buy a bicycle. They went into a shop, but the shopkeeper was not there. So they sat in a corner and waited. As they were waiting, another person came in and sat down on one of the chairs. Soon, a young girl wearing a yellow dress came into the shop and asked the man and his son what they wanted. She told them that she was the shopkeeper’s daughter.
Her father had gone out on some urgent business and would be back soon. The man spoke to the girl and told her that he wanted to buy a bicycle. The girl told him that there were many bicycles in stock. They were all at different prices. The man and his son looked at some of them and then selected a shiny, red bicycle. The girl told them its price and they bought it.
