<p>Handout # 5 - Pronoun – Gender TEST Name______</p><p>Gender is a distinction among nouns and pronouns with regard to sex. There are three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. A noun or pronoun of masculine gender is one that denotes a male being. Examples: man, uncle, he. A noun or pronoun of feminine gender is one that denotes a female being. Examples: woman, aunt, she. A noun or pronoun of neuter gender is one that denotes an object without sex. Examples: house, tree, it. A few nouns have the same form for persons of either sex. Examples: artist, teacher, singer, doctor.</p><p>Write each of the following nouns in its Gender Classification Column below: hero father boy teacher musician heir brother sister bachelor aunt school tablet king prince car daughter physician uncle book person youth street playmate heroine cafeteria countess pencil clerk queen husband laundress grandfather women lad writer son American lawyer aviator doll man parent box aviatrix cousin princess wife picture girl artist maiden avenue grandmother hat baby emperor lass child pianist heiress</p><p>Masculine Feminine Masculine or Feminine Neuter ______</p>