Abstract : Abstract No material/physical existence.
Existing only in thought or as an idea.
Slide 2: Kindness is a very noble thing.
Everybody wants to live in comfort.
The race started at 5 PM.
My sympathy is always with you.
Carpentry is a useful craft.
Slide 3: Kindness – Quality
Comfort – States
Race – Action
Sympathy – Feelings
Carpentry – Crafts
Photography – Skills.
Mathematics – Subject
Painting – Art
ABSTRACT NOUNS : ABSTRACT NOUNS Abstract nouns is something that can't be sensed by our five senses
smell
touch
hear
see
taste
ABSTRACT NOUNS : ABSTRACT NOUNS Idea Art Qualities Subjects States
Slide 6: Concepts, thought, theory, doctrine, condition, states, art, feelings, skills, subjects, qualities.
We cannot touch them, but we can feel them or think about them.
Formed from : Formed from Verbs
Adjectives
Nouns
Subjects
Science
Time
Day
Morning, evening, night, dawn, dusk etc Admit – Admission.
Able – Ability
Poet – Poetry
Astronomy
Chemistry
Past,present,future.
Monday
Part of the day.
Here bravery is an abstract noun. : Here bravery is an abstract noun. When Peter ran into the burning hut to rescue a baby, his bravery amazed the parents and other villagers standing on the road.
Slide 9: Bravery has no color, size, shape, sound, odor, flavor, or texture; it has no quality that you can see, hear, smell, taste, or touch.
Any noun that escapes your five senses is an abstract noun.
Concrete Nouns : Concrete Nouns Many nouns are concrete, not abstract.
Concrete Nouns register on your five senses.
Slide 11: Joseph cuddled the wet puppy under his warm jacket.
Puppy is an example of a concrete noun. You can see a puppy, stroke its fur, smell its breath, and listen to it whine.
Because a puppy will register on all five senses, puppy is a concrete noun.