In the sentence "Washing his car, the lights were on," the participle phrase is "Washing his car." This phrase modifies the subject of the sentence, but it creates a dangling participle because there is no clear noun that it describes. To clarify the meaning, it could be rephrased to specify who was washing the car.
washing his car
washing his car
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I'm not sure which phrase you are asking about. This sentence has quite a few of them. Rattling and sputtering - this is a participle phrase used as an adverb the old car - this is a noun phrase that Martina had - this is a relative clause crept up the hill - this is a verb phrase, consisting of the verb "crept" and the complement "up the hill", which is a prepositional phrase
I'm not sure which phrase you are asking about. This sentence has quite a few of them. Rattling and sputtering - this is a participle phrase used as an adverb the old car - this is a noun phrase that Martina had - this is a relative clause crept up the hill - this is a verb phrase, consisting of the verb "crept" and the complement "up the hill", which is a prepositional phrase
bosch power tools, washing machines dishwashers stoves etc, car lights and batteries
only if its an adverb phrase like, for ex:I was washing the new car, as a birthday present, to make it shiny
Sitting is a present participle