1) Abstract nouns refer to ideas, qualities and conditions that cannot be seen or touched. 2) Examples of abstract nouns include greed, unhappiness, fear, anger, delivery, embarrassment, intelligence, beauty, courage, victory, activity, conclusion, imagination, appointment, happiness, friendship, disturbance, beginning, removal, ability, clumsiness, invasion, and pride. 3) Abstract nouns identified in sentences include honesty, year, hunger, thirst, days, and weeks.

1. Abstract Nouns
Abs trac t No uns
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2. Abstract Nouns
A noun is a naming word.
It can be a person, a place or a thing
There are two nouns in this sentence:
Greed often leads to unhappiness
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3. Abstract Nouns
greed
These nouns are
called
abstract
because
you cannot see,
unhappiness touch, hear or
smell them
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4. Abstract Nouns
Abs trac t no uns are things but you cannot,
touch, feel, hear or smell them.
Identify the abstract nouns in this list:
fear
•fear
greed
•greed
house
•anger
anger
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5. Abstract Nouns
Change the words on the left into abstract nouns :
deliver (y) delivery
embarrass (ment) embarrassment
intelligent (ence) intelligence
beautiful (y)
beauty
courageous (age)
courage
victorious (y)
victory
active (ity)
activity
conclude (ion)
conclusion
imagine (ation)
imagination
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6. Abstract Nouns
Change the words on the left into abstract nouns :
appoint (ment) appointment
happy (ness) happiness
friend (ship) friendship
disturb (ance) disturbance
begin (ing) beginning
remove (al)
removal
able (ity)
ability
clumsy (ness)
clumsiness
invade (ion)
invasion
proud (ide)
pride
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7. Abstract Nouns
Identify the abstract nouns in this list:
Honesty should be rewarded. honesty
This has been a good year year
for strawberries.
The prisoners were suffering hunger, thirst
from hunger and thirst.
The day and weeks flew
days, weeks
by for the children.
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