Parents watched smiling from bench.

Meaning: This sentence describes parents watching their children play from a bench.

Choice of Words: Parents are the people who have a child. Watched means to look at something or someone carefully. Smiling means showing happiness with your mouth. From means starting at a particular place or time. Bench is a long seat for several people.

Alternative Expressions

The parents sat on the bench, smiling as they watched.

Meaning: The sentence means that the parents were sitting on a bench and they were looking at something or someone with a smile on their face.

Choice of Words: Parents are grown-ups who have children. Sat means they were in a position where their bottom was resting on the bench. The bench is a long seat for multiple people to sit on. Smiling means they were happy and had a smile on their face. As they watched means that they were looking at something or someone with attention while they were sitting on the bench.

With smiles on their faces, the parents observed from the bench.

Meaning: The sentence means that the parents were sitting on a bench and they were looking at something or someone with a smile on their face.

Choice of Words: Parents are grown-ups who have children. Smiles means they were happy and had a smile on their face. On their faces means that the smiles were on the parents' faces. Observed means they looked at something or someone with attention. From the bench means they were sitting on a bench while they were watching.

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