IV. Gender

Exercise 34. Give the feminine of

1. man	12. father	23. wizard
2. bachelor	13. bull	24. man-servant
3. brother	14. waiter	25. earl / count
4. bridegroom	15. king	26. waiter
5. dog	16. gander	27. drake
6. master	17. hero	28. monk
7. horse	18. widower	29. god
8. emperor	19. nephew	30. heir
9. adventurer	20. duke	31. host
10. boy	21. bridegroom	32. husband
11. uncle	22. actor	33. fiancé

Exercise 35.

a) Change the nouns in bold from the feminine to the masculine.

1. My aunt visits her niece every week-end. 2. The lady has several mares on her farm. 3. The daughter is more talkative than her mother. 4. Does any actress like to play the role of the princess? 5. Their queen is a widow. 6. The manageress is still a spinster. 7. In the movie, the tigress was killed by the heroine. 8. His daughter-in-law is a postmistress. 9. The countess has one sister. 10. The authoress is writing a book about the empress.

b) Change the nouns in bold from the masculine to the feminine.

1. The bridegroom thanked the priest. 2. His brother works as a waiter. 3. The dog barked at the milkman. 4. A cock was killed by a fox. 5. The manservant has worked many years for the duke. 6. Her husband is a conductor. 7. He was a postman before he became a postmaster. 8. The lad wants to be a monk. 9. The sultan owns a stallion. 10. Her father-in-law is a landlord.

Exercise 36. Choose the correct variant (sometimes two answers are possible)

1. an attendant on an airplane a) stewardness  b) stewardess  c) steward  d) stawardess  e) hotess 

2. a nobleman of high rank

a) dook  b) duchess  c) duke  d) dukeness  e) dyke 

3. a male sovereign, ruler of a kingdom a) king  b) landlady  c) mylady d) princess e) queen 

4. a son of your brother or sister a) nephew  b) ness  c) nessie  d) nice e) niece 

5. one who practices magic or sorcery

a) wizardess  b) wizard c) witch  d) wise  e) which

6. a male religious person living in a cloister and devoting himself to prayer and work

a) monk  b) nanny  c) non d) noon e) nun 

7. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization a) chairgirl  b) chairlady  c) chairman  d) chairwoman  e) seatleress

8. the object of worship

a) gott  b) good  c) godie  d) goddness  e) goddess 

9. a person whose occupation is to serve at a table in a restaurant

a) waiter  b) waiteress  c) waitness  d) waitress  e) wassess

10. a man whose wife is dead a) widow  b) widower  c) widowness  d) window  e) wise 

11. the ruler of an empire a) emperess  b) emperor  c) empiress  d) empress  e) esperes 

12. the brother of your father or mother a) ankle  b) ant  c) aunt  d) uncle  e) uncleness

13. a person who invites guests to a social event or a party in his own home

a) host  b) hostess  c) hostiness  d) landlady  e) landwoman

14. a member of the police force a) policeman  b) policewoman  c) policis  d) policiss  e) shepolice

15. a man who has never been married a) bachelor  b) batcheroress  c) groom  d) spinster  e) sprinter

16. the main male participant in his own marriage ceremony a) bribe  b) bride  c) bridegroom  d) wife  e) woman

17. a member of a royal family other than the sovereign a) price  b) prince  c) princeness  d) princess  e) princiss

18. a person distinguished by exceptional courage, nobility and strength a) heroness  b) heroine  c) heroin  d) hero  e) heress

19. a theatrical or film performer a) astress  b) actress  c) actres  d) actor  e) actness 

Exercise 37. Give the masculine or feminine, as required, of the following words, or indicate that the word is of common gender:

1. doctor	12. ruler	23. god
2. fiancée	13. steward	24. murderess
3. hen	14. landlady	25. architect
4. nun	15. lion	26. spinster
5. Mr.	16. executor	27. gander
6. heir	17. executioner	28. ram
7. gentleman	18. musician	29. poet
8. artist	19. wizard	30. writer
9. duck	20. fox	31. mayor
10. traveller	21. painter	32. giant
11. he-goat	22. Sir	33. officer

Exercise 38. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate noun (focus on gender).

1.  ‘His ___ is going to have a ___.’ – ‘Really! I didn’t know she was pregnant. I thought they didn’t want to have children.’ 2. She is a ___, as she’s the ___ of a duke. 3. She serves drinks in a bar. I think she’s the best ___ I have ever met. 4. ___ and ___! I should like to propose a toast for the next governor. 5. An unmarried old man is a ___; and a single old lady is a ___. 6. The ___ of the school lives just round the corner. She’s very talkative. 7. My husband’s brother is my ___. 8. A king and a ___’s son is a ___. 9. The opposite word for ‘monk’ is ‘___’. 10. More than one ___ in a henhouse is not a good idea, since they would fight against one another. 11. A man who is going to marry is the ___; a woman, the ___. 12. A male horse is called ‘___’; a female, ‘___’. 13. ___ and ___ only appear in fairy stories. They have magic powers. 14. A ___ is a girl who sees to the needs of passengers. 15. A person who writes poems is a ___ or a ___. 16. The son of my sister is my ___. 17. A woman who receives or entertains guests in a social or official capacity is called a ___.

Exercise 39. Are you "politically correct"? Which would you choose?

1. a) Mrs b) Ms;

2. a) a chairman b) a chairperson;

3. a) a fireman b) a firefighter;

4. a) a policeman(woman) b) a police officer;

5. a) mankind b) humanity;

6. a) a Red Indian b) a Native American;

7. a) ladies b) women;

8. a) a congressman b) a member of Congress;

9. a) a mailman b) a mail carrier;

Exercise 40. Translate the sentences into English.

1. А ваша нова менеджер мало того, що красива жінка, вона ще й розумна особа з величезним почуттям гумору. 2. Господар та господиня вийшли привітати гостей. 3. Хоча чарівники і чарівниці навряд чи існують, деякі люди продовжують вірити у них. 4. Монахи і монахині живуть у монастирях. 5. Головна героїня твору постійно чимось невдоволена. 6. Цікаво, а хтось з вас може відрізнити гуску від гусака, а качку від качура? Особисто я можу відрізнити хіба курку від півня. 7. Дружка взяла у дружби кошичок з квітами і вони прищепили букети спочатку нареченій, а потім нареченому. 8. Граф одразу помітив, що графиня трохи нервує.