Nouns in English are classed as follows:

Masculine: alive and belonging to the male sex.

e.g. boy, man
Feminine: alive and belonging to the female sex
e.g. girl, woman
Common: alive and belonging to either sex.
e.g. passenger, guest
Neuter: not alive, no differentiation in sex.
e.g. house, pencil

More examples: Now, It’s your turn. Complete the chart:

Masculine Feminine poet
    murderer
count countess   giantess
emperor empress wizard
heir heiress
prince princess Find the appropriate masculine and feminine
bridegroom bride gender for the following nouns:
gentleman lady
hero heroine Noun Masculine Feminine
lad lass Bear    
male female Cat    
Mr Mrs Cattle    
nephew niece Chicken    
son daughter Deer    
waiter waitress Donkey    
father-in-law mother-in-law Duck    
headmaster headmistress Fox    
landlord landlady Sheep    
father mother Swan    
king queen Tiger    

Common Neuter Answer key:

   
baby table Masculine Feminine
student hospital    
reporter knife lion lioness
doctor cave brother sister
teacher phone actor actress
singer pen uncle aunt
lawyer school stallion mare
dancer chair bull cow
parent floor buck hind
engineer fire step-father step-mother
artist stick billy-goat nanny-goat
fish star ram ewe
gander goose
rooster hen
Masculine Feminine bachelor spinster
    sheperd sheperdess
lion poet poetess
sister murderer murderess
actress  giant giantess
uncle wizard witch
stallion
cow
buck Noun Masculine Feminine
step-mother Bear  boar sow 
billy-goat Cat  tom  queen
ewe Cattle  stallion  mare
gander Chicken  rooster  hen
cock Deer buck/stag  doe/hind
spinster Donkey  jack  jenny
sheperdess Duck  drake  duck
Fox  dog  vixen
Sheep  ram  ewe
Swan  cob  pen
Tiger  tiger  tigress