MASCULINE	FEMININE	BABY
actor	actor, actress	-
author	author, authoress2	-
bachelor	spinster	-
barman	barmaid	-
bear, he-bear	bear3, she-bear	bear cub
boy	girl	-
billy-goat	nanny-goat	kid
boy-friend	girl-friend	-
bridegroom	bride	-
brother	sister	-
buck4	doe	fawn, young rabbit
bull5	cow	calf
cat, tomcat, tom	cat, she-cat	kitten
cock	hen	chick (newborn), chicken (young)
cock6 pheasant, pheasant	hen pheasant, pheasant	chick pheasant
conductor	conductor, conductress	-
dog	dog, bitch	pup, puppy
duke	duchess	-
duck, drake	duck	duckling
earl (British), count (European)	countess	-
emperor	emperor, empress	-
executor	executor, executrix	-
father	mother	son (male), daughter (female), child7 (male and female); baby (newborn or very young)
father-in-law	mother-in-law	brother-in-law (male), sister-in-law (female)
fiancé	fiancée	-
fox	fox, vixen	fox cub
goat, he-goat	goat, she-goat	kid
goose, gander	goose	gosling
gentleman	lady	-
god	god, goddess	-
half-brother	half-sister	-
headmaster, headteacher	headmistress, headteacher	-
heir	heir, heiress	-
hero	heroin, hero	-
host	host, hostess	-
husband	wife	-
king	queen	prince (male), princess (female)
lion	lion, lioness	lion cub
lord, gentleman	lady	-
man8	woman9	-
manager	manager, manageress	-
manservant	maidservant	-
millionaire	millionair, millionairess	-
monk	nun	-
nephew	niece	-
peacock, peafowl	peahen, peafowl	chick
pig, boar	pig, sow	piglet
poet	poet, poetess	-
ram	ewe	lamb
stag, hart	hind	fawn
stallion, horse	mare, horse	foal (newborn); colt (male), filly (female)
stepbrother	stepsister10	-
steward	steward, stewardess	-
tiger	tiger, tigress	tiger cub
uncle	aunt	cousin (male and female)
usher	usher, usherette	-
waiter	waitress, waiter	-
widower	widow	-
wizard	witch	-
wolf, he-wolf	wolf, she-wolf	wolf cub

Fill in the blanks with the appropiate noun.

a  ‘His __________ is going to have a __________.’
   ‘Really! I didn’t know she was pregnant. I thought they
   didn’t want to have children.’
b  She is a __________, as she’s the __________ of a duke.
c  Both the __________ and the __________ are very important
   at the early stages of a child.
d  She serves drinks in a bar. I think she’s the
   best __________ I have ever met.
e  When his wife died, he became a __________.
f  The offspring of cats are called __________.
g  My cousin’s mother is my __________.
h  __________ and __________! I should like to propose a toast
   for the next governor.
i  An unmarried old man is a __________; and a single old
   lady, a __________.
j  Someone whose job is to show people to their seats in a
   cinema is called an __________.
k  The __________ of the school lives just round the corner.
   She’s very talkative.
l  My husband’s brother is my __________.
m  A king and a __________’s son is a __________.
n  The opposite word for ‘monk’ is ‘__________’.
o  This __________ has just had piglets.
p  More than one __________ in a henhouse is not a good idea,
   since they would fight against one another.
q  A man who is going to marry is the __________; a woman,
   the __________.
r  A male horse is called ‘__________’; a female, ‘_________’;
   and the baby, ‘__________’.
s  The baby of a tiger is a __________.
t  __________ and __________ only appear in fairy stories. They
   have magic powers.
u  A __________ is a girl who sees to the needs of passengers.
v  A person who writes poems is a __________.
w  The son of my sister is my __________.
x  The masculine term for ‘ewe’ is ‘_________’.
y  Look at that __________ with her ducklings!
z  A person who has a lot of money is a __________.

____________________
1  He, she and they (plural) refer to people; it and they (plural), to things and animals. Here is a list of the most common masculine and feminine nouns. It is also worth noticing that it is used when the sex of a baby is unknown. We may ask Is it a he or a she? if we want to know the sex of a baby. As you can see, the baby has been included when possible.

People personify things (like cars) or animals when they have an affection for them. She is quite common with countries and ships: Isn’t she lovely! (Referring to a boat.)

And last but not least, some words refer both to a man and to a woman: pupil. If we want to specify the sex, we add male or female, man or woman, and so forth:
     boy-friend → girl-friend
     male pupil → female pupil
     headmaster → headmistress (headteacher is possible both for a man and for a woman.)
     a man student → a woman student
     barman → barmaid
     he-goat → she-goat
2  Generally speaking, suffixes ending in -ess, -ette or -ix are avoided nowadays, ie we prefer ‘author’ to ‘authoress’ to refer to a woman.
3  It is quite common to use the masculine form to refer to a female animal when we are not interested in its gender. Occasionally, the female term may be used to refer to the male. For instance, ‘duck’.
4  ‘Buck’ refers to male animals, especially to deer and rabbits. ‘Doe’ is the feminine term: a buck rabbit → a doe rabbit. See ‘stag’ as well.
5  ‘Bull’, ‘cow’ and ‘calf’ may refer to large animals, such as elephants and whales.
6  ‘Cock’ and ‘hen’ are used to indicate the sex of birds; ‘chick’, for the baby.
7  In the plural, we use ‘children’. See unit 12, section 10.
8  Words containing -man in their masculine forms have -woman in their feminine forms: policeman → policewoman. If we wish to refer to both a man and a woman, it is much better to use -person (because the use of -man is considered to be sexist by many people): chairman (male) chairwoman (female), chairperson (male and female). Sometimes, we do not even need the word ‘person’: chair (instead of chairperson). Occasionally, we do not use‘-person’: police officer (a man or a woman), policeman (a man), policewoman (a woman).
9  The plural of ‘man’ is ‘men’; of ‘woman’, ‘women’. See unit 12, sections 10 and 22.
10 We can have other combinations with ‘step-’, like stepfather.