| Concrete and Abstract Nouns |
| A person, place, or thing that you can become aware of through one or more of your five senses is concrete. |
| Feelings, characteristics, qualities, and ideas are named by abstract nouns. |
| honey railroad music |
| leather pillows fish |
| lilac water juice |
| Examples of concrete nouns: |
| Examples of abstract nouns: |
| thought wisdom |
| fairness freedom |
| loneliness creativity |
| Example sentences using concrete nouns: |
| 1. The breeze ruffled his feathers. 2. I could smell dinner cooking. 3. The music blasted through the thin walls. |
| Example sentences using abstract nouns: |
| 1. I don't have much knowledge on the subject, Professor. 2. Sara became frusterated after failing several times to complete the puzzle. 3. Buddhist beliefs are very different from other religions. |