EXERCISE 2
 Change the gender of underlined nouns:
1. His son is an engineer.
(A) mother                             (B) father
(C) daughter                           (D) none
2. The hone is running.
 (A) colt                                  (B) filly
(C) bitch                                 (D) mare    Â
3. The bride was a girl of nineteen.
 (A) bridegroom; lady       (B) lad; lass
 (C) bridegroom; boy             (D) boy; bridegroom
4. A shepherd was grazing the sheep.
(A) shepherdess                     (B) lady shephered
(C) shepherd                          (D) none
5. The princess was the friend of the poetess.
(A) poet; princess                   (B) princess; poet
(C) princess; poetess              (D) prince; poet
6. My uncle is a nog.
(A) uncle; poetess                  (B) aunt; poet
(C) aunt; poetess                    (D) none
7. The landlady, has a goose, a bitch and a roe.
(A) gander; dog; hind             (B) landlord; gander; dog; hind
(C) landlady; gander; bitch; hind       (D) none
8. Who is this gentleman?
(A) gentlewomen                   (B) gentlelady
 (C) lady                                  (D) none
9. The king killed a lion.
(A) king; lion                           (B) queen; lioness
 (C) lioness; queen                 (D) none
10. Please help him, sir.
(A) her; madam                     (B) him; madam
(C) her; sir                              (D) none
ANSWER
1.(C)Â Â Â Â Â Â 2. (B)
3. (C)Â Â Â Â Â 4. (A)
5. (D)Â Â Â Â Â 6. (C)
7. (B)Â Â Â Â Â 8. (C)
9. (B)Â Â Â Â Â 10. (A)
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