Nouns Worksheets | Concrete Nouns Worksheets - Free Printable

To find the concrete nouns, we need to look for words in each sentence that name a person, place, or thing that you can experience with your five senses (see, hear, feel, touch, smell, or taste).

Here is the step-by-step breakdown for each sentence:

1. "A blue bird waddled up to us."
* bird: You can see and touch a bird. (Concrete)
* us: This refers to people. People are concrete nouns because you can see and touch them. (Concrete)

2. "My mother sat down at her desk."
* mother: A person. You can see and touch your mother. (Concrete)
* desk: A thing. You can see and touch a desk. (Concrete)

3. "Jimmy drinks coffee."
* Jimmy: A person's name. You can see and touch Jimmy. (Concrete)
* coffee: A thing/liquid. You can taste, smell, and see coffee. (Concrete)

4. "The little dog is sleeping."
* dog: An animal/thing. You can see, touch, and hear a dog. (Concrete)

5. "I can't find my phone."
* phone: A thing. You can see, touch, and hold a phone. (Concrete)
* *(Note: "I" is also a pronoun referring to a person, which is concrete, but usually in these exercises, they focus on the object nouns. However, strictly speaking, "I" represents a concrete person. Based on typical 3rd-4th grade worksheets, they often look for the main object nouns like "phone". Let's stick to the clear physical objects and people named or described.)* -> Let's include phone.

6. "I need new glasses."
* glasses: A thing. You can see and touch glasses. (Concrete)

7. "The black pen fell."
* pen: A thing. You can see, touch, and hold a pen. (Concrete)

8. "Please turn on the lamp."
* lamp: A thing. You can see and touch a lamp. (Concrete)

9. "When will your brother return?"
* brother: A person. You can see and touch your brother. (Concrete)

Summary of Concrete Nouns to Circle:
1. bird, us
2. mother, desk
3. Jimmy, coffee
4. dog
5. phone (and potentially "I")
6. glasses (and potentially "I")
7. pen
8. lamp
9. brother

*Self-Correction/Refinement:* In many elementary worksheets, pronouns like "I", "us", "my", "her" are sometimes excluded from the "circle the noun" instruction if the focus is strictly on common/proper nouns representing physical objects or specific people titles. However, the definition provided says "A noun names a person...". Pronouns replace nouns. Strictly speaking, "us" and "I" are pronouns, not nouns. The prompt asks to circle nouns. Therefore, I should exclude pronouns like "I", "us", "my", "her", "your".

Let's re-evaluate based on strict grammar (Nouns vs Pronouns):
1. bird (Noun). "us" is a pronoun. -> Circle: bird
2. mother (Noun), desk (Noun). "My" and "her" are possessive adjectives/pronouns. -> Circle: mother, desk
3. Jimmy (Proper Noun), coffee (Noun). -> Circle: Jimmy, coffee
4. dog (Noun). -> Circle: dog
5. phone (Noun). "I" and "my" are pronouns/adjectives. -> Circle: phone
6. glasses (Noun). "I" is a pronoun. -> Circle: glasses
7. pen (Noun). -> Circle: pen
8. lamp (Noun). -> Circle: lamp
9. brother (Noun). "Your" is an adjective/pronoun. -> Circle: brother

This seems the most accurate interpretation for a school worksheet distinguishing parts of speech.

Final Answer:
1. bird
2. mother, desk
3. Jimmy, coffee
4. dog
5. phone
6. glasses
7. pen
8. lamp
9. brother