Which of the following is a correct pair of masculine and feminine gender?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Stallion:Mare
| Masculine | Feminine |
|---|---|
| (1) Horse | Stallion: a male horse, so this pair has no female word, the female of horse is mare |
| (2) Stallion (answer): an adult male horse | Mare: an adult female horse |
| (3) Gander | Geese: only the plural of goose, a gander is a male goose and its female is goose |
| (4) Viceroy | Viceroy: a viceroy is a man who rules a country on behalf of a king or queen, the female word is vicereine |