In the following table, encircle the nouns that you can see, taste, touch, or smell.
Nouns that can be seen, tasted, touched, or smelled (concrete nouns): leaf, mountain, sun, shirt, toffee, rose, ice cube, sugar, hat, chessboard, football, deer, tree, cat, spoon, river, cup, tiger. Nouns that cannot be seen, touched, tasted, or smelled (abstract nouns): joy, anger, truth, lie, happiness, fear. These represent feelings, ideas, or concepts without physical form.
Explanation
This exercise helps students distinguish between concrete nouns (physical objects that can be perceived by senses) and abstract nouns (ideas, feelings, qualities that cannot be touched or seen). The chapter explains that abstract nouns refer to things that have no physical shape like feelings, thoughts, and ideas.