Grammar, Vocabulary Development: Nouns & Gender – SS1 English Lesson Note (First Term)

Nouns and gender

Gender is the state of being male or female in social and cultural roles.

There are four groups of gender and they are:

1. Masculine Gender: This is for the male e.g boy, man uncle, nephew
2. Feminine Gender: This is used for the female e.g female, sister, girl, mother, niece
3. Common Gender: This is for either male or female e.g baby, infant, guardian, pupil
4. Neutral Gender: This is for things without life e.g house, book, table, bag etc

Genders of some proper nouns, common nouns and animals

1. Proper Nouns

2. Common Nouns

Animals

Vocabulary development: words associated with family life 

1. Half-brother: a boy or man who has the same mother or father as one half (also half-sister).
2. Grandchild: The child of one’s son or daughter.
3. Cousin: The child of one’s uncle or aunt
4. Uncle: The brother of one’s mother or father or husband of one’s aunt.
5. Aunt: Sister of one’s mother or father or wife of one’s uncl
6. Nephew: The son of one’s sister or brother.
7. Step Mother: Woman who marries one’s father (also stepfather)
8. Relative: a member of the same family or extended family as oneself
9. Family: a group of people consisting of parents and their children
10. Extended family: a group of people consisting of parents and their children and such other people as one’s aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents.
11. Distant relative: Relatives such as one’s cousin’s child.
12. Nuclear family: Family consisting only of parents and their children and not including aunts, uncles, cousins,etc.