English/Parts of Speech/Nouns/Gender

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Parts of speech: Nouns - Verbs - Adjectives - Adverbs - Pronouns - Conjunctions - Prepositions - Interjections

Parts of the sentence: Subjects - Predicates

Word functions: Subjects - Predicates - Direct Objects - Indirect Objects - Objects of the Preposition

Types of sentences: Simple Sentences - Complex Sentences

Types of Phrases: Adjective - Adverb - Noun

Types of Clauses: Adjective - Adverb - Noun

Other English topics: Gerunds - Idiomatic Phrases - Spelling - Vocabulary - Punctuation - Syntax - Appositives - Phonics - Pronunciation

The good thing about English is there is usually no gender (masculine and feminine nouns). Most European languages have gender which means you have to understand if a word is masculine and feminine so that the grammar is the same. There are a few nouns of gender in English:

Man
Woman
Boy
Girl
Husband
Wife
Uncle
Aunt

There are some other words of gender usually connected with jobs and positions:

Actor (masculine) - Actress (feminine) - only 'actor' is usually used today
Waiter (masculine) - Waitress (feminine) - only 'waiter' is often used today

Gender is also used in pronouns. He and his are both masculine, while she and her are feminine.

In English, we do not need to change an article or possesive adjectives. For example, the word the is always the, unlike the French le, la and les.

You may go back to countability or go on to the next page about verbs.