Participial Adjectives Review Task Cards for Adult ESL Grammar

Your students will work through 40 participial adjectives task cards that give them focused grammar practice through eight different question types. They'll be working with the concept from multiple angles instead of answering the same kind of question over and over.

Participial adjectives are a grammar point that often trips students up because the same form can function as either an adjective or a verb depending on its role in the sentence. This set builds that distinction directly into the cards, so students are doing real analytical thinking, not just filling in blanks.

WHAT'S INSIDE this 23-page PDF:

✅ 40 task cards: color set and black-and-white set

✅ Answer sheet + answer key

EIGHT QUESTION TYPES

• identify: Which word can be a participial adjective?
• choose: Which participial adjective best completes the sentence?
• decide: Is the underlined word a participial adjective or a continuous verb?
• judge: Which sentence uses the participial adjective correctly?
• determine: Is the participial adjective attributive or predicative?
• deduce: Is the participial adjective used correctly?
• unscramble: Rearrange the words to form a sentence.
• label: Is this rule true or false?

HOW TO USE THESE TASK CARDS:

Print the color set for classroom use or the black-and-white set when you want to save on ink. Add them to your task card library and use them for warm-ups, quick reviews, small group practice, or homework. The variety of question types makes them easy to spread across multiple lessons or use all at once for a focused review.

THIS WAS CREATED FOR YOUR ADULT ESL STUDENTS

The sentences throughout these cards were written with adult students in mind. The contexts are relevant to adults navigating daily life and communication, not classroom scenarios designed for kids. Your beginner to low-intermediate adult ESL grammar students will find the content appropriate and the progression manageable.

Secondary ESL students and secondary native English speakers filling grammar gaps will also find these useful.