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The words in blue in the following sentence are nouns.
A hurricane begins over the ocean in a hot region of the world.
See if you can identify all the nouns in the sentences on the next slide.
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The entire house was decorated with excellent taste.
Is the italicized word a concrete noun or abstract noun?
abstract
concrete
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Why did Sharon begin playing the tuba?
Is the italicized word a concrete noun or abstract noun?
abstract
concrete
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Identify the underlined word. I’ll have to look that word up in the dictionary.
concrete
abstract
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Tony felt delight when he saw his new sister for the first time.
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Which word is being described in the following quotation?
'_____ is no more than feeling alone among smiling enemies.'
Love
Hope
Jealousy
Happiness
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Identify the underlined word. Did you have any trouble finding my house?
concrete
abstract
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Which words are the abstract nouns? His art teacher applauded his creativity.
art, applauded, creativity
art, creativity
creativity
art, teacher, creativity
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People
girl, men, scientist, Dr. Taylor,
singer, friend, Ms. Brown
Places
library, Mars, Dallas, Atlantic Ocean,
Baltimore
Things
rain, wind, trees, cotton,
clouds, shoes, devices
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Which words are the concrete nouns? She thought that happiness was the most important thing in life.
she, happiness, life
she, life, thing
life, happiness
thing
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Which word is being described in the following quotation?
'_____ is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.'
Love
Hope
Jealousy
Happiness
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Identify the nouns in the following sentence.
2. The sky becomes dark with clouds, and rain begins to fall.
sky
becomes
dark
clouds
rain
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Which word is being described in the following quotation?
'_____ is a universal migraine.'
Love
Hope
Jealousy
Happiness
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Identify the nouns in the following sentence.
3. A hurricane can blow down trees on the land.
hurricane
blow
down
trees
land
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Which word is being described in the following quotation?
'The British love _____ more than they love beauty.'
Love
Hope
permanence
Happiness
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Identify the nouns in the following sentence.
4. Scientists called meteorologists predict the paths of these storms.
scientists
meteorologists
predict
paths
storms
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Which word is being described in the following quotation?
' _____ is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and to fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone.'
Freedom
Friendship
Life
Curiosity
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Identify the nouns in the following sentence.
5. An enormous amount of energy is used by a hurricane.
enormous
amount
energy
used
hurricane
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Which word is being described in the following quotation?
' _____ is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art .... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that gives value to survival.'
Freedom
Friendship
Life
Curiosity
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Label each of the sets of nouns as people, places, things, ideas, or qualities.
5. pen, whistles, blanket
people
places
things
ideas
qualities
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A noun is a word that names of person, place, thing, or idea
Nouns that name things that can be seen or touched are called concrete nouns.
Nouns that name ideas, qualities, or characteristics are called abstract nouns.
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