Concrete/Abstract Nouns

Concrete/Abstract Nouns

Nouns: Person, Place, Thing, or Idea

Please go to your Bell Ringer/ Journal and Title it DOL #2

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCdt8-H1BFY

Concrete Nouns: we will highlight in YELLOW

Would someone please answer the phone ?

CONCRETE NOUNS

A concrete noun is a noun that can be identified through one of the five senses (taste, touch, sight, hearing, or smell)

Multiple Choice

In the sentence :

Would someone please answer the phone ?

What would the concrete noun be?

• answer

• someone

• phone

Concrete Nouns

In the sentence above, the noun phone is a concrete noun: you can touch it, see it, hear it, and maybe even smell it or taste it.

Abstract Nouns: we will highlight in Orange

 Abstract nouns refer to intangible things, like,feelings, ideals, concepts and qualities.

In the sentence below, what would the ABSTRACT Noun?

Ok.... so.... Concrete Nouns vs Abstract Nouns

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts-of-speech-the-noun/types-of-nouns/v/concrete-and-abstract-nouns

Multiple Choice

We can't imagine the courage it took to do that.

• imagine

• courage

Multiple Choice

I want to see justice served.

• see

• justice

Multiple Choice

I’d like the freedom to travel all over the world.

• like

• travel

• freedom