Walking Home, I Saw...: Participle Clauses

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A complete Grade 10 ESL grammar pack on participle clauses, which make writing more concise. Students learn present participle clauses (Walking home, I saw a fox), past participle clauses (Built in 1890, the bridge is still in use) and perfect participle clauses (Having finished my work, I went out), and how to avoid dangling participles. Includes slides, a lesson plan, worksheet, quiz, homework, A5 flashcards, a rubric, Word files and answer keys.

Overview

A participle clause replaces a longer clause with a participle, so writing becomes shorter and smoother. Present participle clauses (-ing) describe actions happening at the same time or reasons: Feeling tired, she went to bed. Past participle clauses (-ed or irregular) have a passive meaning: Made by hand, the bags are expensive. Perfect participle clauses show that one action finished before another: Having saved enough money, he bought a bike. The subject of the participle clause must be the same as the subject of the main clause, or the sentence becomes a funny dangling participle.

Resource Details

Subject: ESL
Topic: Participle Clauses
Category: Grammar
File Type: PDF
File Size: 328.2 KB
Published: 14 Nov 2026
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Grade 10 ESL (ages 15–16), B1–B2 55 minutes Grammar writing sentence combining editing

Learning Objectives

Form present, past and perfect participle clauses.
Combine two clauses into one sentence using a participle clause.
Identify and correct dangling participles.

How to Use This Resource

Write two sentences: "I walked home. I saw a fox." Ask students to join them in as few words as possible.
Teach the three types with the slides, then do activities 1 and 2 together.
Students complete activities 3 to 6. Use the quiz and send the homework page home.

Classroom Activity Ideas

Sentence surgery: pairs shorten a paragraph using participle clauses.
Dangling detectives: students find and draw the funny meaning of dangling participles.
Story chain: each student adds a sentence that starts with a participle clause.

Differentiation

Support: focus on present participle clauses first and give sentence pairs with the same subject. Challenge: add participle clauses after conjunctions (after leaving, while waiting) and in the middle of sentences.

Assessment

Use the worksheet and quiz to check form and meaning. Use the rubric for the short narrative in the homework.

Teacher Tips

The key rule is the shared subject. Make it memorable with drawings: Running for the bus, my bag fell open suggests the bag was running. Participle clauses are more common in writing than speech, so connect practice to narrative and report writing.

What's Included

10-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
Key vocabulary list (6 words with meanings and examples)
Student worksheet (6 activities)
Quiz / assessment (3 parts)
Homework practice page
Printable flashcards: 6 A5 picture cards (separate PDF)
Assessment rubric (4 levels)
Lesson slides (editable PowerPoint)
Editable Word version of all student pages
Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)

Additional Files

Lesson Slides (PPTX)
Editable Student Pages and Lesson Plan (DOCX)
A5 Flashcards (PDF)
Answer Key (PDF)

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