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Class 8 English
Noun
Quiz 8
Identify the proper noun from the sentence given below:
The principal called the student leader, Kamal, to her room.
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principal
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student leader
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Kamal
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room
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A proper noun refers to a particular person and always start with a capital letter. In the given sentence, Kamal refers to the name of a particular student leader and is the proper noun. Correct answer is Option C.
Options A, B and D viz. principal, student leader and room are common nouns.
Identify the proper noun in the following sentence:
I met Grace at the post office on my way back from school.
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I
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Grace
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post office
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school
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A proper noun refers to a particular person and always start with a capital letter. In the given sentence, Grace is the name of a particular person and is the proper noun. Correct answer is Option B.
Option A i.e I is a pronoun, and not a noun.
Options C and D viz. post office and school are common nouns.
Identify the proper noun in the following sentence:
The Amazon is the largest river in the world.
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The
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Amazon
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river
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world
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A proper noun refers to a particular person and always start with a capital letter. In the given sentence, Amazon is the name of a particular river and refers to the largest river in the world. It is the proper noun. The correct answer is Option B.
Option A: The word "the" is an article and not a noun.
Options C and D viz. river and world are common nouns.
Hence, options A, C, and D are incorrect.
Identify the countable noun in the sentence given below:
Mansi bought two quarts of milk, three bags of rice and some bread from the grocery store.
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milk
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rice
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bags
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bread
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Countable nouns are those nouns which can be counted. Uncountable nouns are usually abstract ideas/ qualities/ physical objects which are not countable due to their form.
In the given sentence "bags" is a noun which can be counted. Hence, the correct answer is option C.
Options A), B) and D) are not countable nouns as milk, rice and bread cannot be counted due to their form.
Form a noun by modifying the verb: insure
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insurence
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insurance
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insurant
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insuration
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The noun form of any verb is formed by suffixing either -ance or -ence to the verb. The noun form of the verb insure is: insurance. Correct answer is option B.
The other options are incorrect as they do not follow the rule mentioned above.
Option A is incorrect as the
word-insurence has an incorrect spelling.
Options C and D are incorrect as there are no such words- insurant and insuration-in English. They are incorrect usages.
Form a noun by modifying the verb: tolerate
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tolerance
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tolering
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tolerence
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tolerency
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The noun form of any verb is formed by suffixing either -ance or -ence to the verb. The noun form of the verb tolerate is: tolerance. Correct answer is option A.
Option C is incorrect as it carries a wrong spelling.
The words tolering and tolerency do not exist in English. Hence, options B and D are incorrect.
Form a noun by modifying the verb: dominate
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dominance
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dominence
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dominant
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domineance
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The noun form of any verb is formed by suffixing either -ance or -ence to the verb. The noun form of the verb dominate is: dominance. Correct answer is option A.
Options B and D are incorrect as the words-dominence and domineance are wrong in spelling.
Option C is incorrect as the word-dominant is an adjective and not a noun.
Form a noun by modifying the given verb:
avenge
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vengence
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vengance
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vengeance
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avengence
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The noun form of any verb is formed by suffixing either -ance or -ence to the verb. The noun form of the verb avenge is: vengeance. Correct answer is option C.
The other options are incorrect as they do not follow the rule mentions above.
Options A and B are incorrect as the words-vengence and vengeance have incorrect spelling.
Option D is incorrect. To get the noun form of the verb-avenge, the letter a has to be dropped
. But in this option, the letter a is retained. Hence, this answer is incorrect.
Identify the common noun(s) from the below sentence:
I was quite impressed by his fluency in speaking the tribal language.
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impressed
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fluency, language
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fluency
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language
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Common nouns are nouns which do not refer to a particular person, place or thing. They are not capitalised. Abstract nouns are not common nouns.
In the given sentence, the word-impressed is the past tense form of the verb - impress. It is not a noun.
The word-fluency is an abstract noun and not a common noun.
The word-language is a common noun. Note that it is not capitalised.
Correct answer is option D.
Identify the common noun from the below sentence:
James, my friend, is an expert surgeon.
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James, surgeon
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James, friend
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friend, expert
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friend, surgeon
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Common nouns are nouns which do not refer to a particular person, place or thing. They are not capitalised.
In the given sentence, the word: James is a proper noun as it refers to the name of a particular person. Also note that it is capitalised. Hence, it is not a common noun.
The words: friend and surgeon are common nouns. Note that these are not capitalised.
The word: expert is an adjective and not a noun. .
Hence, the correct answer is option D.
Form a noun by modifying the verb: maintain
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maintainance
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maintainence
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maintenance
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maintenence
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The noun form of any verb is formed by suffixing either -ance or -ence to the verb. The noun form of the verb maintain is: maintenance. Correct answer is option C.
Option D is incorrect as it carries a wrong spelling.
The words maintainance and maintainence do not exist in English. Hence, options A and B are incorrect.
Identify the common noun(s) from the sentence below:
I went with my sister to the zoo last week.
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sister
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zoo
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sister and zoo
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sister, zoo and week
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Common nouns are nouns which do not refer to a particular person, place or thing. They are not capitalised.
In the given sentence, the words: sister, zoo and week are all common nouns. Note that these nouns are not capitalised.
In Options A, B and C, only one out of the three given common nouns are mentioned. However, all the three words are common nouns and the correct answer should contain all the three nouns. Option D is the only option which mentions all three words. Hence
the correct answer is option D.
Form a noun by modifying the verb: appear
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appearancy
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appearation
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appearence
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appearance
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The noun form of any verb is formed by suffixing either -ance or -ence to the verb. The noun form of the verb appear is: appearance. Correct answer is option D.
Option C is incorrect as it carries a wrong spelling.
The words appearancy and appellation do not exist in English. Hence, options A and B are incorrect.
Form a noun by modifying the verb: accept
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acceptance
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accepted
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acceptence
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acception
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The noun form of any verb is formed by suffixing either -ance or -ence to the verb. The noun form of the verb accept is: acceptance. Correct answer is option A.
Option A is the correct answer as 'acceptance' is the correct noun form of the verb 'accept'; it means consenting to receive or undertake something offered.
Option B is incorrect because 'accepted' is the adjective or the past participle form of the verb.
Option C is incorrect because it is spelt incorrectly.
Option D is incorrect because 'acception', which means the same as 'acceptance', was a valid word in the past, but it has now become obsolete or out-of-date.
Identify the feminine form of the noun: duke
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dukes
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dukess
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duchess
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dukina
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The correct answer is option c. The feminine form of duke is duchess.
The words-dukes, dukes and dukina do not exist in English language. Hence, options A, B and D are incorrect.
Identify the noun in neutral gender from the below options: [Intermediate]
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pupil
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sheep
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goose
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mountain
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Correct answer is option d: mountain. This is a noun which refers to neither a male nor a female form.
The word - pupil is a noun in common gender which can refer to both masculine and feminine genders.
The words - sheep and goose are masculine nouns. Their feminine forms are:
sheep : ewe
goose: gander
Identify the noun in common gender from the options given below: [Intermediate]
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actor
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prince
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poet
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friend
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Correct answer is option d: friend. This word can refer to both masculine and feminine genders and hence it in common gender form.
The words, actor, prince and poet are masculine nouns. Their feminine forms are:
actor: actress
prince: princess
poet: poetess
Identify the masculine noun(s) among the following:
king, nun, bridegroom, lord, widow [Intermediate]
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king
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widow
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king, bridegroom and lord
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king, nun and bridegroom
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The correct answer is option C. The words: king, bridegroom, and lord are masculine nouns. Their respective feminine forms are :
king: queen
bridegroom: bride
lord: lady.
The word nun is the feminine form of the word- monk.
The word widow refers to a female person whose husband has died. Its masculine form is widower.
Identify the feminine form of the noun: adminstrator
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administratoress
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adminstratora
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adminstatorina
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administratrix
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Options A, B and C are incorrect because these are incorrect words. T
here is no word such as adminsitratoress or adminstratora or administatorina in the English language.
Option D is correct as some masculine nouns ending with -tor are transformed into their feminine counterparts by replacing -tor with -trix. The feminine form of administrator is administratrix.
Identify the noun which is
not
in common gender from the options below: [Intermediate]
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baby
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leader
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monk
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enemy
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Correct answer is option c: monk. This is a masculine noun which refers to a religious man who is not married. Its feminine form is: nun. Hence, monk is the only word which is not in common gender.
The other words: baby, leader and enemy can refer to both masculine and feminine genders. Hence these are common nouns.
Identify the noun which is
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in neutral gender from the options below: [Intermediate]
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mountain
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street
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car
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chauffeur
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Correct answer is option D: driver. This is a noun in common gender form as it
can refer to both masculine and feminine genders.
The words - mountain, street and car are nouns in neutral gender as they refer neither to masculine nor feminine form.
Identify the feminine form of the noun: landlord [Intermediate]
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land woman
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landlady
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landlordess
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land girl
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Options A, C and D are incorrect as these words- land woman, landlords and land girl are not in use in English.
Note that the feminine form of the word-lord is lady.
The correct answer is option B: landlady - which means a lady who owns and rents out a land or building.
Identify the feminine noun from the below words:
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emperor
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bachelor
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spinster
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god
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Correct answer is option c: spinster. The word-spinster, refers to a female who is unmarried. Its masculine form is bachelor. The word-emperor is masculine noun. The word-god is a common noun which can refer to both masculine and feminine forms.
Choose the abstract noun from the sentence given below:
He went into depression after his dog passed away.
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He
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depression
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dog
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passed away
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An abstract noun is a noun that cannot be seen or touched. It is an idea, quality or state.
From the options, 'depression' is a noun that refers to a feeling of severe dejection or sorrow. Hence it's an abstract noun and option B is correct.
'He' is a pronoun that refers to a person, hence it isn't an abstract noun and option A is incorrect.
'Dog' is a concrete noun; it refers to a living being that can be seen and touched. Hence option C is incorrect.
'Passed away' is a verb phrase, that expresses an action pertaining to death. Hence option D is incorrect.
Identify the feminine form of the noun: benefactor
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benefactress
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benefactrina
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benefactoress
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benefactrine
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A benefactor is a person who gives money to help an organization, a person or the society.
Option A: The feminine form of the noun 'benefactor' is 'benefactress'. Hence option A is correct.
Options B, C and D: The words 'benefactrina', 'benefactoress' and 'benefactrine' do not exist in the English dictionary. Hence these options are incorrect.
Identify the feminine form of the noun:
Sheep [Intermediate]
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sheep
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ewe
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sheepess
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she-sheep
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Option A is incorrect as sheep is the masculine noun form and not feminine.
Options C and D are incorrect as there is no word such as sheepess or she-sheep in the English language.
The feminine form of sheep is ewe.
Hence, the correct answer is option B.
Identify the feminine form of the noun: servant [Intermediate]
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she-servant
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maid-servant
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servantess
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servantette
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A servant is a person who is employed in another person's house, doing jobs such as cooking and cleaning.
Option B: The feminine form of the noun 'servant' is 'maid-servant'. Hence option B is correct.
Options A, C and D: The terms 'she-servant', 'servantess' and 'servantette' do not exist in the English dictionary. Hence these options are incorrect.
Choose whether the statement is True or False:
An abstract noun can be seen, touched, felt, smelled and tasted.
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True
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False
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An abstract noun is a noun that can neither be seen nor be touched.
It is an idea, quality, or state. For example, Happiness, illness, honesty, and kindness, etc are all abstract nouns.
Hence the given statement is False, and option B is correct, A is incorrect.
Identify the feminine form of the noun: wizard [Intermediate]
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Wizardess
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Witch
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Wizardette
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She-wizard
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Options A, C and D are incorrect as there is no word such as wizardess or wizardette or she-wizard in the English language.
Correct answer is option B as the feminine form of wizard is witch.
Identify the feminine form of the noun: monk [Intermediate]
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monkess
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she-monk
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lady monk
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nun
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Options A and B are incorrect as there is no such word as "monkess" or "she-monk" in the English language.
Option C is incorrect as lady monk is a wrong usage in English.
Correct answer is option D as the feminine counterparts of some masculine nouns are entirely different words. In this case, the feminine form of "monk" is "nun".
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