Male Or Female

Sort the naming words of into

the right boxes.

Family Members

mother parent grandfather father

brother aunt sister grandmother
grandparent uncle

masculine 1 common 2 feminine 3

1. Masculine: words for a male person or animal (e.g.,

man, boy, rooster, etc.)
2. Common: words used for both male and female (e.g.,
children, chicken, etc.)
3. Feminine: words for a female person or animal (e.g.,
woman, girl, hen, etc.)

1
 Male Or Female
Sort the naming words of into
the right boxes.

Animals

cattle sheep bull chicken

ram

ewe rooster cow hen

masculine common feminine

2
 Finish the Story
First, list some masculine,
feminine or common naming
words. They can be family
members or animals.

1 6
feminine common

2 7
feminine common

3 8
masculine feminine

4 9
masculine common

5 10
common masculine

3
 Finish the Story
Now, match the numbers to
your naming words and write
them down in the blanks.

There was once a little 1 ____________ who lived with a

feminine

cool 2 ____________ and a big 3 ____________. One

feminine masculine

day, they bumped into a tiny 4 ____________ who was

masculine

riding on top of a huge 5 ____________.

common

He fell off and hit his knee on the ground. He cried out

and the little 1 ____________ decided they should go to

feminine

a smart 6 ____________ to get help. The 2 ____________

common feminine

agreed, so off they went.

When they got there, the 6 ____________ said that there

common

was nothing she could do, and they should see an amazing

7 ____________ instead. So off they went.

common

4
 Finish the Story
Now, match the numbers to
your naming words and write
them down in the blanks.

When they finally got there, the 7 ____________ gave

common

the 4 ____________ a tall 8____________, a noisy

masculine feminine

9 ____________ and a brave 10____________, and he

common masculine

felt all better.