Page 86 - English Expedition Class 2

Grammar

Concrete Nouns and Abstract Nouns

Concrete nouns are the names of persons, places or things that can be felt by our senses.
You can touch, see, feel, hear or smell them.

furniture water Sunil carrot

Nouns that name ideas, qualities and feelings are called abstract nouns. Abstract nouns
cannot be felt by the senses.

friendship honesty happiness courage

A. Divide the following nouns into concrete and abstract nouns and write them
in the correct columns.

anger beauty bricks fan dishonesty
paper tree kindness student pride

concrete nouns abstract nouns
______________ ______________

______________ ______________

______________ ______________
______________ ______________

______________ ______________

B. Write whether the underlined nouns in the following sentences are concrete
nouns or abstract nouns.

1. These books are too expensive.

2. Honesty is the best policy.

3. We were lost and could not find the exit gate.

4. She fought those thugs with courage.
5. Jill had a bad day at school today.

6. I do not have any energy left after lifting all those boxes.

7. Sherlock’s intelligence helped him find the lost necklace.
8. Amina has a lot of affection for her pet rat.

9. Shalini read the map many times to be sure.

10. It takes courage to admit your own mistakes.
76