Noun Test 16

The answer to the given sentence is Option A, Actress.

As per the question, the sentence would have the male gender noun to be replaced by the feminine noun, after dropping the vowel, and then adding the syllable ‘-ess’. The male gender noun being ‘actor’, Option A, Actress, which is the feminine counterpart of the word and also meaning the same, a person who acts in films, is the correct answer.

Option B, Character and Option C, Actor-ess, are both wrong answers, as the former is nowhere near the meaning of the male gender noun while the latter is a word which does not exist.

The given sentence would have Option C, princess, as the correct answer.

The sentence mentioned has ‘Prince’ as the male gender noun, which means the offspring of a King. Out of the given options, Option A, King, is a male gender noun, while Option B, Queen, is actually a female gender noun which is a counterpart of King and not prince. Option D, Heiress, is the female gender noun used as a term for the rightful successor to a kingdom.

Option C, Princess, is actually the feminine counterpart to Prince, which has the same meaning as the latter, and is therefore the correct answer.

The answer to the given sentence is Option A, Countess.

As per the question, the sentence would have the male gender noun to be replaced by the feminine noun, without dropping the vowel, and then adding the syllable ‘-ess’. The male gender noun in the sentence, ‘Count’ is a term used for a person who rules a certain area, much like a King or a mayor. The feminine gender noun with the same meaning is ‘Countess’, that is Option A.

While Option B, Counting and option C, County, are not related to the male gender noun that is mentioned in the sentence, and are wrong answers. Hence, option A, Countess is the correct answer.

The answer to the given sentence is Option C, Duchess.

As per the question, the sentence would have the male gender noun to be replaced by the feminine noun, after dropping the vowel, and then adding the syllable ‘-ess’. Here, we are dropping the ‘e’ from the noun and adding the syllable to get Option C, ‘Duchess’, which is the feminine counterpart of the noun and will mean the same, being the ruler over a certain area.

Option A, Empress and Option B, Queen, are actually feminine counterparts of Emperor and King, respectively and are hence wrong answers.

Thus, Option C, Duchess, is the correct answers.

The answer to the given sentence is Option A, Lioness.

As per the question, the sentence would have the male gender noun to be replaced by the feminine noun, without dropping the vowel, and then adding the syllable ‘-ess’. Here in the sentence, the male gender noun, ‘Lion’ has to be kept as it is, while adding the syllable. Thus, the meaningful counterpart that we get is ‘Lioness’, which means the female version of the Lion from the cat family. While Option B, Cheetah is a common gender noun, option C, tigress, is a feminine gender noun which is the counterpart of Tiger.

Thus, Option A, Lioness, is the correct answer.

Option B is correct. The masculine form of the noun “poet” can be turned into its feminine form by adding the suffix “-ess”, resulting in “poetess”

Option A is incorrect as there is no such word as “poetee”.

Option C is incorrect as “singer” is a common gender noun. It can be either male or female. Moreover, its meaning is entirely different from “poet”.

Option D is incorrect as “artist” is a common gender noun and like option C, its meaning is entirely different from “poet”.

The answer to the given sentence is Option D, Authoress.

As per the question, the sentence would have the male gender noun to be replaced by the feminine noun, without dropping the vowel, and then adding the syllable ‘-ess’. The male gender noun, ‘Author’ is used for a person who has written a book (writer), of which the feminine counterpart is ‘authoress’, that is option D, which follows the rule of the question and means the same as well. While Option B, Writeress, is a word which does not exist, Option A, Writer is a common gender noun. Option C, Poetess, is actually the female gender noun of which the male counterpart will be ‘poet’.

Thus, Option D, Authoress, is the correct answer.

The answer to the given sentence is Option A, Head girl.

As per the question, the sentence would have the male gender noun to be replaced by the feminine noun, by adding a word before or after that. In the given sentence, the male noun given is ‘Head boy’, a term used for the head of the boys' section of a school or an educational institute. Thus, ‘Head girl’ would be the exact, apt opposite counterpart of the noun given, as a school requires one.

The other options, B, C and D are all ineligible terms which do not fit in as the exact opposite of the noun given in the sentence, and hence, option A, Headgirl, is the correct answer.