Chapter 3 · Book pages 11–12
📗 Answer key: Gender and Relations
Finish the questions in your book first. Then check each one here: tap Show answer, then mark ✓ if you got it right or ✗ if not. For every ✗, read the "why" and say it out loud.
A. Choose the correct opposite gender of the given word
1
Headmaster
✓ C. Headmistress
Keep 'head', change 'master' to 'mistress'. Principal and teacher are common gender.
2
Monk
✓ B. Nun
Monk → nun is a completely new word.
3
Duchess
✓ B. Duke
Duke and duchess are a royal pair; a king goes with a queen.
4
Count
✓ B. Countess
count + ess = countess (a noble lady).
5
Great-uncle
✓ C. Great-aunt
Keep 'great', change uncle to aunt.
6
Hostess
✓ D. Host
Take off the -ess to get the masculine: host.
7
Steward
✓ C. Stewardess
steward + ess = stewardess.
8
Hob
✓ C. Jill
A hob is a male ferret; the female is a jill. (Heifer = young cow, lass = girl, jenny = female donkey.)
9
Sow
✓ A. Boar
A sow is a female pig; a boar is a male pig.
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Buck
✓ B. Doe
Buck = male deer or rabbit; doe = female. (Hind is a female red deer whose male is a stag, so doe is the best match.)
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Billy (goat)
✓ C. Nanny
Billy goat (male) and nanny goat (female).
12
Leopard
✓ D. Leopardess
leopard + ess = leopardess.
13
Pen
✓ D. Cob
A pen is a female swan; a cob is a male swan.
B. Choose the correct option
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Which pair is the correct masculine and feminine gender?
✓ A. King and Queen
Husband goes with wife, father with mother, son with daughter.
15
What are the masculine and feminine genders of a beetle?
✓ B. Male and Female
Beetles have no special gender words, so we just say male and female. Drone/queen is for bees; stallion/mare for horses.
16
What is your father's father called?
✓ B. Grandfather
A parent's father is your grandfather.
17
Your father's brother is your ____.
✓ C. uncle
Father's brother = (paternal) uncle.
18
What do you call your mother's mother?
✓ D. Grandmother
A parent's mother is your grandmother.
19
Your uncle's daughter is your ____.
✓ B. cousin
An uncle's or aunt's child is your cousin.
20
Your mother's brother is your ____.
✓ C. maternal uncle
Maternal means on your mother's side.
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What is the masculine gender of granddaughter?
✓ B. Grandson
Keep 'grand', change daughter to son. Grandchild and grandparent are common gender.
22
Which pair is NOT the correct masculine and feminine gender?
✓ C. Drake and Hen
A drake (male duck) goes with a duck, not a hen. Rooster/hen, bull/cow and buck/doe are correct.
23
What are the masculine and feminine genders of a cat?
✓ A. Tom and Queen
A male cat is a tom; a female cat is a queen (also called a molly).
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Which pair is the correct masculine and feminine gender?
✓ B. Drone and Queen
Drone = male bee, queen = female bee. The other pairs mix different animals.
25
Which pair is the correct masculine and feminine gender?
✓ C. Stallion and Mare
Both are horses. Lion goes with lioness, buck with doe, rooster with hen.