Concrete Noun Worksheets - Free Printable

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Task: Identify Abstract and Concrete Nouns

Instructions:
- Underline the concrete nouns.
- Circle the abstract nouns.

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🔍 Definitions:

- Concrete nouns: Things you can see, touch, taste, smell, or hear (physical objects).
- Examples: *raft, fish, tarp, island, boat, shark*.

- Abstract nouns: Ideas, emotions, qualities, or states that cannot be physically sensed.
- Examples: *hope, despair, love, fear, boredom, sacrifice*.

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Now, let’s go through each sentence and identify the correct nouns.

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✔ Solved Answers:

1. Jane and David have been on a raft for weeks.
- Concrete: Jane, raft
- Abstract: weeks (time is abstract) → but "weeks" is a unit of time — abstract
- ✔️ Underline: Jane, raft
- ✔️ Circle: weeks

2. Jane still has hope but David feels despair.
- Abstract: hope, despair
- ✔️ Circle both: hope, despair

3. David has been having thoughts where Jane turns into a hotdog.
- Abstract: thoughts (mental ideas)
- Concrete: hotdog (a physical object)
- ✔️ Circle: thoughts
- ✔️ Underline: hotdog

4. Rather than give into hunger, David tries to fish.
- Abstract: hunger (feeling)
- ✔️ Circle: hunger

5. David makes a net from an old bag and thread.
- All are physical things → concrete
- ✔️ Underline: net, bag, thread

6. David uses his intelligence to catch a fish and Jane is happy.
- Abstract: intelligence
- Concrete: fish
- ✔️ Circle: intelligence
- ✔️ Underline: fish

7. Jane collects rain in a tarp but thirst is a problem.
- Concrete: rain (water), tarp
- Abstract: thirst (emotion/need)
- ✔️ Underline: rain, tarp
- ✔️ Circle: thirst

8. Boredom is a constant threat so David and Jane make up stories to pass the time.
- Abstract: boredom, threat, time
- ✔️ Circle: boredom, threat, time

9. A powerful love grows between David and Jane during the time that they spend at sea.
- Abstract: love
- ✔️ Circle: love

10. This love sprang from sacrifice and it has helped Jane and David survive.
- Abstract: love, sacrifice
- ✔️ Circle: love, sacrifice

11. David spots fins cutting across the water.
- Concrete: fins (part of a shark)
- ✔️ Underline: fins

12. A shark bumps the raft and David loses his balance.
- Concrete: shark
- Abstract: balance (state of equilibrium, not physical)
- ✔️ Underline: shark
- ✔️ Circle: balance

13. Jane is challenged by fear but overcomes her terror and saves David.
- Abstract: fear, terror
- ✔️ Circle: fear, terror

14. David and Jane swim to safety on an abandoned island just as the boat capsizes.
- Abstract: safety (concept)
- Concrete: island, boat
- ✔️ Circle: safety
- ✔️ Underline: island, boat

15. David and Jane are alive but now have new problems to face.
- Abstract: problems (challenges, not physical)
- ✔️ Circle: problems

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✔ Final Summary of Corrections:

| Sentence | Concrete Nouns (Underlined) | Abstract Nouns (Circled) |
|--------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1 | Jane, raft | weeks |
| 2 | – | hope, despair |
| 3 | hotdog | thoughts |
| 4 | – | hunger |
| 5 | net, bag, thread | – |
| 6 | fish | intelligence |
| 7 | rain, tarp | thirst |
| 8 | – | boredom, threat, time |
| 9 | – | love |
| 10 | – | love, sacrifice |
| 11 | fins | – |
| 12 | shark | balance |
| 13 | – | fear, terror |
| 14 | island, boat | safety |
| 15 | – | problems |

> ⚠️ Note: The student already circled some abstract nouns correctly, but missed others (like "balance", "time", "safety", etc.). Also, some concrete nouns like "fins", "net", "thread", etc., were not underlined.

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📝 Final Answer (Corrected Version):

Here is how the worksheet should look with proper underlining and circling:

1. Jane and David have been on a raft for (weeks).
2. Jane still has (hope) but David feels (despair).
3. David has been having (thoughts) where Jane turns into a hotdog.
4. Rather than give into (hunger), David tries to fish.
5. David makes a net from an old bag and thread.
6. David uses his (intelligence) to catch a fish and Jane is happy.
7. Jane collects rain in a tarp but (thirst) is a problem.
8. (Boredom) is a constant (threat) so David and Jane make up stories to pass (the time).
9. A powerful (love) grows between David and Jane during the time that they spend at sea.
10. This (love) sprang from (sacrifice) and it has helped Jane and David survive.
11. David spots fins cutting across the water.
12. A shark bumps the raft and David loses his (balance).
13. Jane is challenged by (fear) but overcomes her (terror) and saves David.
14. David and Jane swim to (safety) on an abandoned island just as the boat capsizes.
15. David and Jane are alive but now have new (problems) to face.

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✔ All abstract nouns are circled, and all concrete nouns are underlined.

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