Gender I — masculine & neuter nouns

Ten drills on Gender I — masculine & neuter nouns — the level you meet this at in the app is A1. Print the sheet, work it on paper, then check it against the key.

This practises one topic from the course. The lesson that explains it lives in the app.

Worksheet

1. Multiple choice. Un scaun is which gender?
   • neuter
   • masculine
   • feminine
2. Fill the gap. Am cumpărat două ___. — I bought two chairs.
3. Put it in order. Băiatul · are · un · scaun · nou · scaune
4. Match the pairs. Match each item on the left with the one that belongs with it.
   • Left: 1. băiat 2. scaun 3. frate 4. oraș
   • Right: a. orașe b. frați c. scaune d. băieți
5. Find the mistake. Am două scaun în cameră. — I have two chairs in the room.
6. Multiple choice. Which plural ending tells you a noun is masculine?
   • -i
   • -e
   • -uri
7. Fill the gap. În clasă sunt trei ___. — There are three pupils in the classroom.
8. Put it in order. Pe · masă · e · un · caiet · caiete
9. Find the mistake. Am două lucru de terminat. — I have two things to finish.

Answer key

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1. neuter — its plural is scaune, a feminine-style ending, so it is neuter.
2. scaune — scaun is neuter, so the plural takes -e.
3. Băiatul are un scaun nou. — un needs the singular scaun; scaune is the plural.
4. băiat = băieți · scaun = scaune · frate = frați · oraș = orașe — masculine takes -i, neuter takes -e in the plural.
5. Am două scaune în cameră. — două needs a plural, and a neuter noun plurals in -e.
6. -i — masculine nouns pluralise in -i; -e and -uri point to neuter.
7. elevi — elev means a person, so it is masculine and takes -i.
8. Pe masă e un caiet. — un needs the singular caiet; caiete is the plural.
9. Am două lucruri de terminat. — lucru is neuter and its plural is the -uri type.