Chap. 02, Genders, Class V, English Practice Book, DAV Board, The Best Solutions.

Genders

Look at the following family tree and the names of some of the relationships in the Aid Box. Then complete the sentences given on the next page. Some sentences have been completed as examples.

Aid Box – (son, daughter, father, mother, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, cousin, grandfather, grandmother, son-in-law, daughter-in-law).

1. Sunita Nayyar is Kishori Lal Nayyar’s daughter.
2. Rajat Kapoor is Kishori Lal’s son-in-law.
3. Dheeraj Nayyar is Kishori Lal’s son.
4. Pallavi Bansal is Shanta Devi’s daughter-in-law.
5. Madhuri Kapoor is Dheeraj Nayyar’s niece.
6. Abhimanyu Nayyar is Sunita Nayyar’s nephew.
7. Dheeraj Nayyar is Madhuri Kapoor’s uncle.
8. Mahima Kapoor is Shanta Devi’s granddaughter.
9. Pallavi Bansal is Sunita Nayyar’s sister-in-law.
10. Ankit Nayyar is Madhuri Kapoor’s cousin.

Note: All these people belong to either the ‘male’ or ‘female’ gender based on their roles.

Worksheet I

The following persons/animals have got separated from their partners. Draw lines to match the partners.

bride → bridegroom

host → hostess

master → mistress

duke → duchess

cow → bull

queen → king

bitch → dog

empress → emperor

horse → mare

peacock → peahen

Worksheet II

The names of some persons or animals are given below. Write ‘M’ if they are of the masculine gender and ‘F’ if they are of the feminine gender. Write the name of the opposite gender in the space provided. Take words from the Aid Box.

Worksheet III

We have learnt about the masculine and the feminine genders. Let us now understand about the common gender.

Add a few more to the list.

(a) parent
(b) friend
(c) teacher
(d) student
(e) baby

Now complete the names of the following persons/animals and write whether they belong to male/female/common gender. The first one has been done for you.

1. A person who paints is a painter. → Common
2. A child without parents is called an orphan. → Common
3. A person who lives in the house next to yours, is your neighbour. → Common
4. Your father’s dad is your grandfather. → Masculine
5. The opposite gender of a horse is a mare. → Feminine
6. The opposite gender of nephew is niece. → Feminine
7. The person who teaches us is a teacher. → Common

Worksheet IV

Ms Parikh is going to tell her students a new story today. But there is a problem. The boys want her to tell them the story of a wizard while the girls want her to tell them the story of a witch. Ms Parikh thinks of a plan.

‘The Cruel Wizard of Osmania’ / ‘The Cruel Witch of Osmania’

• Once upon a time there lived a wizard in a jungle.
  • Once upon a time there lived a witch in a jungle.
• He was very kind hearted but his wife was very cruel.
  • She was very kind hearted but her husband was very cruel.
• The wizard would always help everyone who was in trouble.
  • The witch would always help everyone who was in trouble.
• The witch with her magic wand caused problems for the people.
  • The wizard with his magic wand caused problems for the people.
• One day the Emperor of Afghanistan and the Duke of Kent were passing through the jungle on their horses.
  • One day the Empress of Afghanistan and the Duchess of Kent were passing through the jungle on their mares.
• The witch saw them coming and thought to herself, ‘Hee, Hee, let me trouble them and steal their peacocks.’
  • The wizard saw them coming and thought to himself, ‘Hee, Hee, let me trouble them and steal their peahens.’
• The wizard heard her and decided to help the travellers.
  • The witch heard him and decided to help the travellers.

Worksheet V

Now turn to the passage B.2 ‘Mix-up at Birth’ (Unit-Sports) of My English Reader. Locate and write the opposite genders of those given in the blurb.

1. Uncle – aunt
2. father – mother
3. fisherman – fisherwomen

Find out two common genders in the passage.

Do It Yourself

1. Check your knowledge. Complete the following statements.

(a) Your mother’s mother is your grandmother
(b) Your hair is cut by a barber
(c) Your father and mother are your parents
(d) A person who treats patients is a doctor
(e) A boy on his wedding day is the bridegroom

2. Pair Them!

Match and arrange the following list of words in the two columns given below:

3. Fill in each blank with the opposite gender of the word given in bold letters.

(a) The Duke of Kent was cruel but the duchess was kind-hearted.
(b) Mrs Kaul invited all her nephews and nieces to her son’s birthday.
(c) The wicked queen wanted Snow White to die but the king loved his daughter very much.
(d) My uncle is very fat but my aunt is slim.
(e) The empress smiled and waved at everyone but the emperor seemed to be very sad.