ENG 10 Grammar: 16.1 Nouns (Concr, Abstr, Cmpnd) (P. 2)

Exercise 1: Identifying Concrete & Abstract Nouns

Identify the two nouns in the sentence and whether they are concrete or abstract.

1. An inventor must have a good imagination.

• inventor (Concrete), good (Abstract)

• inventor (Concrete), imagination (Abstract)

• good (Abstract), good (Abstract)

• inventor (Concrete), imagination (Concrete)

Exercise 1: Identifying Concrete & Abstract Nouns

Identify the two nouns in the sentence and whether they are concrete or abstract.

2. Their excitement at the zoo was expected.

• zoo (Concrete), expected (Abstract)

• Their (Concrete), zoo (Concrete)

• excitement (Abstract), zoo (Concrete)

• excitement (Abstract), expected (Abstract)

Exercise 1: Identifying Concrete & Abstract Nouns

Identify the two nouns in the sentence and whether they are concrete or abstract.

3. His joy about getting a llama was obvious.

• joy (Concrete), obvious (Abstract)

• His (Concrete), llama (Concrete)

• joy (Abstract), llama (Concrete)

• joy (Abstract), llama (Abstract)

Exercise 1: Identifying Concrete & Abstract Nouns

Identify the two nouns in the sentence and whether they are concrete or abstract.

4. Poor health made the frail child sad.

• Poor (Abstract), child (Concrete)

• health (Abstract), child (Concrete)

• health (Abstract), sad (Abstract)

• child (Concrete), sad (Abstract)

Exercise 1: Identifying Concrete & Abstract Nouns

Identify the two nouns in the sentence and whether they are concrete or abstract.

5. Wild animals in captivity often seem sad.

• animals (Abstract), captivity (Concrete)

• Wild (Abstract), sad (Abstract)

• animals (Concrete), captivity (Abstract)

• animals (Concrete), sad (Abstract)

Exercise 1: Identifying Concrete & Abstract Nouns

Identify the two nouns in the sentence and whether they are concrete or abstract.

6. The artist thought about her plan.

• artist (Concrete), plan (Abstract)

• artist (Concrete), plan (Concrete)

• thought (Concrete), plan (Abstract)

• thought (Abstract), plan (Concrete)

Exercise 1: Identifying Concrete & Abstract Nouns

Identify the two nouns in the sentence and whether they are concrete or abstract.

7. The young boy wanted to know about his future.

• boy (Concrete), future (Abstract)

• boy (Concrete), future (Concrete)

• young (Abstract), future (Concrete)

• young (Concrete), future (Abstract)

Exercise 1: Identifying Concrete & Abstract Nouns

Identify the two nouns in the sentence and whether they are concrete or abstract.

8. She had a fear of spiders.

• She (Concrete), spiders (Concrete)

• fear (Abstract), spiders (Abstract)

• fear (Abstract), spiders (Concrete)

• She (Concrete), fear (Abstract)

Exercise 1: Identifying Concrete & Abstract Nouns

Identify the two nouns in the sentence and whether they are concrete or abstract.

9. Amazingly, our team won the trophy.

• team (Concrete), trophy (Concrete)

• team (Concrete), trophy (Abstract)

• team (Abstract), trophy (Abstract)

• Amazingly (Abstract), team (Abstract)

Exercise 1: Identifying Concrete & Abstract Nouns

Identify the two nouns in the sentence and whether they are concrete or abstract.

10. Her memories of Italy were fading.

• memories (Abstract), fading (Abstract)

• memories (Concrete), Italy (Abstract)

• memories (Abstract), Italy (Concrete)

• Her (Abstract), Italy (Concrete)