Question

From the given sentence, form feminine nouns from the masculine ones.
The bull was chased by the fox.
a. Calf, foxess
b. ox, fox
c. bull, vixen
d. cow, vixen

Answer 1

Hint: A common gender classification includes masculine and feminine categories. Masculine nouns are words used for men, boys, and male animals. Feminine nouns are words used for women, girls, and female animals.

Complete step by step answer:
We have to form the feminine nouns from the masculine ones of the underlined words in the given sentence.
The feminine noun form of the word bull is a cow and the feminine noun form of the word fox is a vixen. Therefore, the correct option here is the option [d] is cow, vixen.
Option[a] is wrong because the calf is the baby of the cow and the feminine noun form of a fox is not foxes, it is called the vixen.
The option [b] is also wrong because the ox and fox are in their masculine noun forms.
The option [c] is also incorrect because the bull is in the masculine noun form which is already given in our sentence and vixen is the feminine noun form of fox.
Option [d] is the only correct option given here with the appropriate feminine noun forms of the masculine ones.

Note: Some noun forms are used for both males and females. These noun forms are referred to as common gender nouns. For, eg, cousin, cattle, guest, and student. It is important to know the difference between the grammatical gender and natural gender for getting the correct answer. Natural gender is the biological sex of a person or an animal. Grammatical gender is a way of classifying nouns.