Nouns, Genders

Recall

Read the following nouns then group them preceding to their kinds: Chief, peace, noise, kalala, baby-setter, roof

T. What’s the name of your biology teacher?

T. What is she?

• Common: Chief, roof
• Proper: kalala
• Abstract: peace, noise
• Compound: baby, sister

Recall

Read the following group them preceding to their kinds: chief, place, Noice, Kalala, baby-setter, roof. T. What's the name of your biology teacher ?

The Biology teachers name is Mrs Benzene

T. What is she ?

• Common: Chief, roof
• Proper: kalala
• Abstract: peace, noise
• Compound: baby, sister

P. She is a woman.

PRESENTATION

The teacher will present the subject matter

T. Is your teacher of English a woman?

T. What do a woman and a man express?

T. What’s the gender of Mrs Banzenie? (Biology Teacher)

PRESENTATION

The teacher will present the subject matter

T. Is your teacher of English a woman ?

P. No, she is a Man.

T. What do a woman and a man express ?

P. They express the gender

T. What's the gender of Mrs Banzenie ? ( Biology Teacher).

P. She’s a woman: Feminine.

Announcing the subject Matter

What will we study today ?

Announcing the subject Matter

Today, we will study Nouns, Genders.

PRACTICE

T. What’s the gender of the teacher of English

T. What does a chair Represent?

T. What its gender?

T. What’s the gender of these nouns: parent, cousin, Painter, driver, judge

T. Find the gender of those nouns then the opposite gender: Uncle, brother, and gentleman

T. What’s the feminine Form of actor, waiter, negro?

PRACTICE

T. What's the gender of the teacher of English ?

P. It’s Masculine

T. What does a chair represent ?

P. It’s Represents a thing

T. What it is gender ?

P. It’s neuter

T. What’s the gender of these nouns: parent, cousin, Painter, driver, judge.

P. They do not change; they have the same form

T. Find the gender of these nouns then the opposite gender : Uncle, brother ans gentleman.

P. Uncle-aunt; brother; sister; gentleman, lady

T. What's the feminine form of actor, waiter,  negro ?

P. Actor-actress, waiter-waitress, Negro-Negress.

• A woman is feminine
• A man is Masculine
• A thing / object is neuter
• Most nouns have the same form on masculine and feminine they are invariable
• Some nouns
• Have a different form in feminine

Uncle – aunt;

Brother – sister

• Some nouns add “ess” to the masculine form or drop “O” before adding “ess”

Nouns: B. Gender

There are methods of forming the feminine from masculine

1. Masculine: men, boys and male animals
2. Feminine: women, girls and feminine animals
3. Neuter: Inanimate things, animals

GENDER FORMATION

Most nouns have the same form in feminine cousin-cousin, driver-driver, child-child.

PRODUCTION

• Pupils work in Small groups

They find five  nouns for each group they identify (masculine) them find the opposite gender (feminine)

Baby-baby, Cook-Cook, Judge-judge

• Some nouns have different form Eg: Brother- Sister, Man-Woman, Boy-girl, Wife-husband, uncle-aunt, nephew-niece
• Some nouns form their feminine by adding “ess” to the masculine form or drop “O”/” e” before adding “ess” Eg: Negro-negress, actor-actress, jew-jewess, lion-lioness, tiger-tigress, prince- princess

Find five nouns:

• Identify them (masculine, feminine or neuter)
• Right the opposite gender

I.e. Masculine-feminine

1 Invariable

2 Different form

3 Adding “ess”

Gender: a division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of Speech)

Such as masculine feminine / Neuter or animal in animal

Identification as male masculine