Abstract Nouns

Abstract Nouns

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A noun is a naming word. It can be a person, a place or a thing

There are two nouns in this sentence:

Greed often leads to unhappiness

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greed

These nouns are called

abstract

unhappiness

because you cannot see, touch, hear or smell them

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Abstract nouns are things but you cannot,

touch, feel, hear or smell them.
Identify the abstract nouns in this list:

fear greed house anger

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fear greed anger

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Change the words on the left into abstract nouns:

deliver (y) embarrass (ment) intelligent (ence) beautiful (y)

delivery embarrassment intelligence beauty

courage victory activity conclusion imagination
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courageous (age)
victorious (y) active (ity) conclude (ion) imagine (ation)
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Change the words on the left into abstract nouns:

appoint (ment) happy (ness) friend (ship) disturb (ance) begin (ing) remove (al) able (ity)

appointment

happiness
friendship disturbance beginning removal ability clumsiness invasion pride
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clumsy (ness)
invade (ion) proud (ide)
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Identify the abstract nouns in this list:

Honesty should be rewarded. This has been a good year for strawberries.

honesty
year

The prisoners were suffering from hunger and thirst.

The day and weeks flew by for the children.
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hunger, thirst

days, weeks