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2. Concrete nouns are words that identify things you can see and touch. They can be proper nouns or common nouns.

3. Examples of concrete nouns: Proper Nouns: Casablanca, USA, Mr. Martin, Disneyland Common Nouns: hammer, car, coat, walnuts, avocado, dogs, computer, movie, passport

4. Abstract nouns are words that identify ideas that you can discuss but you can’t touch.

5. Here are examples of of abstract nouns. peace, love, joy, success, sadness, wish, hope, calm, trust, beauty, envy, fear

6. Can you find the concrete and abstract nouns in the following sentences?

7. Jeff ran up the street and then down the block to go home.

8. There are only concrete nouns in this sentence. They are easy to spot because they name people, places or things.

9. Janet, on the stage, recites a poem about love.

10. Janet, stage, and poem are concrete nouns. Love is an abstract noun.

11. The explorer, Ponce de Leon, searched tirelessly for the Fountain of Youth.

12. Explorer is a common noun. Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth are both proper nouns. The idea of youth is an abstract noun, but here it is part of a proper noun.

13. Mary said, “I know Niagara Falls is in the state of New York.”

14. Mary, Niagara Falls, and New York are proper nouns. State is a common noun.

15. Because of our hatred, we know the principal very well.

16. Because of our hatred, we know the principal very well. You can see the effects of hatred, but the concept cannot be touched like you can a car. It is an abstract noun. Principal is a common noun.

17. Love is blind.

18. Although the effects of love can be seen and felt. Love is an idea, a state of mind. It is an abstract noun.

19. You need intelligence to be a scientist.

20. You need intelligence to be a scientist. Intelligence is a state of mind. It is an abstract noun while scientist is a concrete noun.

21. The students had no more patience for school work. Everyone wanted to go home.

22. The End.

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