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Abstract nouns: naming things you can't touch

English · Grammar & Punctuation · ages 8-9
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. An abstract noun names something you can see and touch.

    Circle one:   True   False

  2. Which of these is an abstract noun?

    • sadness
    • clock
    • banana

  3. Which word in this sentence is an abstract noun? 'The children jumped with joy.'

    • joy
    • children
    • jumped

  4. Which word names something you CAN touch?

    • childhood
    • apple
    • freedom

  5. Which group has ONLY concrete nouns?

    • truth, river, shoe
    • dream, courage, cup
    • teacher, garden, pencil

  6. Which group has ONLY abstract nouns?

    • sadness, pencil, freedom
    • dream, table, chair
    • happiness, courage, truth

  7. Choose the word that completes the sentence: 'His _____ made everyone trust him.' (honest)

    • honestly
    • honest
    • honesty

  8. Choose the word that completes the sentence: 'The gift filled her heart with _____.'

    • paper
    • ribbon
    • joy

  9. Which word is NOT an abstract noun?

    • truth
    • anger
    • playground

  10. Turn the word 'kind' into an abstract noun to complete: 'Ben thanked Mia for her _____.'

    • kindness
    • kindly
    • kinder
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  1. False · It is the other way around. An abstract noun names a feeling or an idea you cannot see or touch.
  2. sadness · Sadness is a feeling you cannot see or touch. A banana and a clock are real things you can hold.
  3. joy · Joy is a feeling you cannot see or touch. Children are real people, and jumped is an action.
  4. apple · An apple is a real thing you can hold. Freedom and childhood are ideas, not objects.
  5. teacher, garden, pencil · A teacher, a garden, and a pencil are all real things you can see and touch. The other groups each hide a feeling or an idea.
  6. happiness, courage, truth · Happiness, courage, and truth are all feelings or ideas. The other groups each hide a word for a real object.
  7. honesty · Honesty is the noun form of honest. It names the quality of being honest.
  8. joy · A heart can fill with a feeling like joy. Paper and ribbon are things you can touch, and they belong with the gift box, not in a heart.
  9. playground · A playground is a real place you can visit and touch. Truth and anger are an idea and a feeling.
  10. kindness · Kindness is the noun form of kind. It names the quality of being kind.
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