Question

Identify the abstract noun in the following sentence:Smoking is injurious to health.​

Answer 1

Answer:

smoking is abstract noun

Answer 2

Answer:

Health is the abstract noun in this sentence.

An abstract noun demonstrate a quality, idea or condition instead of an actual tangible object.

Explanation: Let us take a look at the given words:

• Smoking: The action of inhaling the smoke of cigarette, it can be used as a verb, noun and even an adjective.
• Injurious: Something or someone that can cause harm; dangerous, it is an adjective.
• Health: It is the condition of a person's well-being, physical and mental state. It is an abstract noun as it refers to a quality rather than an object.

Hence, the abstract noun is 'health'.