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IV. Gender

Exercise 34. Give the feminine of

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 severalmareson her farm. 3.The daughter is more talkative than her mother.4. Does anyactress 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, thetigresswas 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. Themanservant has worked many years for the duke. 6. Her husband is a conductor. 7. He was a postman before he became apostmaster. 8. Theladwants 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

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

One who practices magic or sorcery

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

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

The object of worship

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

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

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

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