Gender in Nouns
Activity 1
Explain to the learners that nouns can refer to male or female people. In language, this difference is called gender.
Ask learners to copy down the list and add the nouns of the oppsite gender. Show them the solutions and ask them what patterns they notice. Answer: some are completely different words while others use a suffix to change the meaning.
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Gender in Nouns
Objective
To explore the meaning of gender in nouns.
Activity 1
What's the difference between the words mother and father?
Nouns for people can refer to a man or a male such as father or to a woman or female such as mother .
In language, we call this difference gender.
For each noun, write the word that expresses the opposite gender: