Then have your instructor sign off on them for you. Now try two of your own composition. Have your instructor examine them before you go on. Some verbal phrases, called participles function exactly as adjectives. That is, the phrases expand on the nouns boys, gentleman, kids, girls, and Corvette .
Adjectives specify and set nouns apart.
The three little boys playing in the sand box are my nephews. The elderly gentleman crossing the street was nearly hit by a speeding automobile. The kids wearing the green turtleneck sweaters played as teenage mutant ninja turtles. The girls marching in the parade are members of Miss Dancy s baton twirling class. The Corvette lying on its top in the ditch was traveling over 120 miles per hour.