Class 5 English Worksheet on Abstract vs Concrete Nouns – Meaning and Examples

Feel It or Touch It: Abstract vs Concrete Nouns for Class 5

This Grade 5 worksheet helps learners distinguish between abstract nouns (ideas or feelings) and concrete nouns (things we can touch, see, hear, smell, or taste). Through sorting tasks, correction exercises, and creative sentence building, students will explore how to use different types of nouns in expressive and meaningful writing.

Why Abstract and Concrete Nouns Matter in Grammar?

Understanding this distinction is critical to language development. For Grade 5 students, it matters because:

1. It teaches them how to describe both physical objects and emotional concepts.

2. It strengthens descriptive writing by expanding vocabulary.

3. It helps learners categorize and think critically about language.

4. It supports richer, more precise reading and writing.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes five learner-friendly exercises designed to build noun confidence:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Sorting Activity

Students sort 24 mixed nouns into two columns: Abstract Nouns and Concrete Nouns.

✏️ Exercise 2 – Underline and Circle

In ten sentences, learners underline the abstract nouns and circle the concrete nouns to distinguish the two.

📋 Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks

Students complete ten meaningful sentences with suitable nouns from both categories.

📝 Exercise 4 – Sentence Correction

Learners fix incorrect pairings of abstract and concrete nouns to improve sentence sense and grammar.

🎨 Exercise 5 – Write and Underline

Children choose five nouns from a box and write original sentences, underlining the noun used in each.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Noun Sorting

Abstract Nouns: fear, kindness, jealousy, courage, love, honesty, sadness, dream, friendship, truth, anger, loyalty, wisdom, happiness

Concrete Nouns: bottle, stone, blanket, cloud, candle, apple, mirror, wool, pencil, bread, door, flower, bed

Exercise 2 – Abstract Underlined, Concrete Circled

1. Honesty (abstract)

2. Cake (circled – concrete)

3. Bravery (abstract), mountains (circled)

4. Joy (abstract)

5. Kindness (abstract), puppy (circled)

6. Teddy bear (circled – concrete)

7. Excitement (abstract)

8. Chair, wood (circled – concrete)

9. Happiness (abstract)

10. Magician, tricks (circled – concrete)

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks (Sample Answers)

1. kindness

2. table

3. pencil

4. joy

5. respect

6. flower

7. blanket

8. honesty

9. strength

10. bowl

Exercise 4 – Rewritten Sentences (Corrected)

1. His honesty is admirable.

2. She gave me courage.

3. The chair is made of wood.

4. The beauty of the rose is wonderful.

5. Friendship is important.

6. The lion is the king of the jungle.

7. She visited the Taj Mahal in Delhi.

8. A group of puppies is called a litter.

9. The truth is valuable.

10. Happiness is a wonderful feeling.

Exercise 5 – Sample Sentences (Noun Underlined)

1. She showed great courage during the storm.

2. I picked up a heavy stone.

3. Happiness was written all over his face.

4. He polished the old mirror.

5. Love makes people kind and generous.