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American English Grammar
Gender
Learning objectives
In this lesson you will learn the definition of gender, study examples of gender, and take a test.
Definition of gender
  • Gender:
  • refers to a common noun that changes form to refer to a man or a woman, or a male or a female animal
  • gender in a noun usually refers to an occupation
Examples of gender
  • gender in nouns referring to a man
  • actor, waiter
  • gender in nouns referring to a woman
  • actress, waitress
  • gender in nouns referring to a male or a female animal
  • lion (male), lioness (female)
Take the test
In each of the test questions you will be given a word. You need to decided if that word is male or female. 50 questions total.
















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