Concrete Noun Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: L.2-4.1A-C

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Nouns are people, places or things. If you can identify a noun with one of your human senses (hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, or touch) it is classified as a concrete noun. This type of noun encumbers a great many things because anything that is tangible is by definition also concrete. There is an unreal enormity of nouns that have been classified in this category. The worksheets located in this section ask students to classify or create their own nouns based on the subjects that are presented.

Concrete Noun Worksheets To Print:

Where Is It? - Hunt through the series of sentences to find your target. We are looking for words that can be sensed.

That's Abstract - We ask you to convert abstract nouns over. Find the compliment to all of these words.

Can You Smell It? - You are searching for the solid cement in each sentence. That is words that is something that you can sense.

Sentence It Up... - Your given a word to build a sentence upon. You will quickly learn that the words in the statement do not change the classification of that word.

Find and Identify Them - Yes, each sentence has a rock hard word for you to work with.

Is it Concrete or Abstract? - Read each sentence. Write the nouns in the correct columns.

Find Solid Land - Read each sentence, paying particular attention to the bold word.

Is it the Foundation? - Underline the concrete nouns. Circle the abstract nouns.

The Great Noun Sort - We give you a full paragraph to work with, it makes it a challenge.

Something About That One - Read the words in the Word Bank. Sort them into the correct categories.

Label It and Use It - Label each noun as concrete or abstract. Then use it in a sentence.

Concrete Noun Search - This is a smorgasbord of words to think about and a evaluate.

Track It Down... - Find the fixed noun(s) in each sentence and write it on the line.

Using Concrete Nouns for Descriptive Writing - Practice using concrete nouns by writing 5 original sentences using the words provided.

Recognizing Concrete Nouns - You don't just have to find them, you need to evaluate them too.

What is the Difference Between a Concrete and an Abstract Noun?


When you are trying to define a type of noun, as stated above, you simply need to use one of your five senses. If you can use any of those senses to detect this noun, than the noun is concrete. If your five senses are useless for detecting this noun, then it is abstract. The complete list of concrete nouns is, as we said before, very bountiful. When you first are told what an abstract noun is, you might have trouble coming up with an example. We may overlook tons of abstract nouns that we are in direct contact with everyday. Abstract nouns are often emotions, events, feelings, ideas, concepts, qualities, or states of being. An emotion like despair can't really be detected with your senses. Neither can an event like a holiday. A state of peace is almost impossible to detect with your ears or any human tool of perception. A human quality like courage also falls into this line of thinking.


All and all this is something that you can feel or perceive with at least one of your five sense. Did you know that we can see in three dimensions because we have two eyes? If you only had one working eye, you would see things in two dimensions only. Anything that we take in with our senses can get misconstrued based on the context of the sentence or the placement within a paragraph. They can be offered up in a singular or plural manner, again it depends upon the context of what is put forward. You will find these types of noun ever present in anything lyrical such as a poem, a song, or even a hip hop verse. That is because they are emotional well received by audiences that can grasp a well stated emotion. When you are focusing your attention on these types of words you are really trying to capture the essence of the moment in a profound and forward-thinking way. This can consume a great deal of energy and even drive you away from the primary purpose of why you began your journey.


What Types of Work Lends Themselves to the Use of Concrete Nouns?


Poets often find themselves partial to invoking emotions from their readers. This is exceedingly difficult to do when using abstract word forms. Therefore, you will see poetry lends itself to these word forms. The classification of a noun has nothing with its grammatical function, it is solely dependent on the meaning.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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