Concrete vs Abstract Nouns Task Cards

Identify the concrete nouns in the sentence below.

Sean was overcome with

hunger after skipping breakfast.

• Sean

• overcome

• hunger

• breakfast

Identify the abstract nouns in the

quote below:

Honesty is the first chapter in the

book of wisdom.

-Thomas Jefferson

• Honesty

• chapter

• book

• wisdom

Identify the concrete nouns in the sentence below:

The driver lost control of the car.

• driver

• lost

• control

• car

Identify the abstract nouns in the

quote below:

I have decided to stick with

love. Hate is too great a burden

to bear.

-Martin Luther King Jr.

• decided

• love

• hate

• burden

Identify the concrete

nouns in the sentence below:

I was in such despair when I

lost my dog.

• I

• despair

• lost

• dog

Identify the abstract nouns in the

quote below:

It is our choices, that show what

we truly are, far more than our

abilities.

-J.K. Rowling

• choices

• far

• our

• abilities

Identify the concrete

nouns in the sentence below:

The judge thanked Eugene for

his honesty.

• judge

• thanked

• Eugene

• honesty

Identify the abstract nouns in the

quote below:

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom

listens.

-Jimi Hendrix

• Knowledge

• speaks

• wisdom

• listens

Identify the concrete

nouns in the sentence below:

It brings me such joy to help

others.

• brings

• me

• joy

• others

Identify the abstract nouns in the

quote below:

No one ever told me that grief

felt so [much] like fear.

-C.S. Lewis

• No one

• me

• greif

• fear