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Q.

Replace the masculine noun with its feminine counterpart, in the following sentence.
It was quite hard to tame the ox on that evening.

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a

Mare

b

Cow

c

Bullock

d

Vixen

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

  • Every noun has a gender. They're masculine, feminine, and Neuter.

    When it comes to nouns like persons and creatures, they can be of either gender.
  • As per the instructions given, we can change a masculine noun into a feminine noun and vice versa. 
  • One of the styles of making a masculine noun to feminine is by adding the suffix “ ess ” at its end. 
    Lion- lioness; 
    Tiger – tigress. 
    Some creatures have their specific feminine counterparts. 
  • They can not be formed by changing the masculine form of the word.E.g. 
  • Let us consider the question given above.
  • We've to find out the feminine form of the beast ox.
  • The feminine form of an ox is a cow. 
  • Hence, option C is the correct answer.
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