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Abstract nouns: naming ideas and qualities

English · Grammar & Punctuation · ages 8-9
Name ______________________   Date ____________
  1. Abstract nouns name physical objects that can be seen and touched.

    Circle one:   True   False

  2. Which noun can name something concrete that you hear, even though you cannot see it?

    • music
    • kindness
    • honesty
  3. Which word is an abstract noun in 'The children jumped with joy'?

    • joy
    • children
    • jumped
  4. Which noun names a physical fruit?

    • childhood
    • apple
    • freedom
  5. Which group contains only concrete nouns?

    • truth, river, shoe
    • dream, courage, cup
    • teacher, garden, pencil
  6. Which group contains only abstract nouns?

    • sadness, pencil, freedom
    • dream, table, chair
    • happiness, courage, truth
  7. Choose the abstract noun related to honest: 'His ___ made everyone trust him.'

    • honestly
    • honest
    • honesty
  8. A writer means that a gift made someone very happy. Complete the figurative sentence: 'The gift filled her heart with ___.'

    • paper
    • ribbon
    • joy
  9. Which noun names a concrete place rather than an idea or feeling?

    • truth
    • anger
    • playground
  10. Use the abstract noun related to kind: 'Ben thanked Mia for her ___.'

    • kindness
    • kindly
    • kinder
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  1. False · Abstract nouns name meanings such as ideas, qualities and feelings themselves, not physical objects.
  2. music · Music can be heard. Hearing is a sense, so not seeing it does not make its name abstract.
  3. joy · Joy names a feeling. Children names people, and jumped is the verb here.
  4. apple · Apple names a fruit that can be sensed. Childhood and freedom name abstract meanings.
  5. teacher, garden, pencil · Teacher names a person, garden a place and pencil an object. Each can be sensed.
  6. happiness, courage, truth · Happiness names a feeling, courage a quality and truth an idea. Pencil, table and chair are concrete nouns.
  7. honesty · Honesty names the quality of being honest.
  8. joy · Joy means a happy feeling. Filled her heart is figurative, not a claim about filling an organ.
  9. playground · Playground names a place. Truth names an idea, and anger names a feeling.
  10. kindness · Kindness names the quality of being kind.
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