It is not a verb at all. It is a noun.
No, a helping verb cannot be found in the subject of a sentence. Helping verbs are used in conjunction with main verbs to express shades of meaning, tense, or voice, but they do not form the subject of a sentence.
Strumming is a main Verb
The verb 'be' can function as both a linking verb and a helping verb. As a linking verb, it connects the subject with a subject complement that describes or renames it. As a helping verb, 'be' is used in progressive tenses and passive voice constructions to indicate the tense of the main verb.
A helping verb can work with the main verb to tell about an action. The helping verb always comes before the main verb.
It is a helping verb.
Are is a linking verb pr an auxilliary verb, depending on it's context in the sentence. If it is standing alone as the only evrb, than it is a linking verb. If it is not the main verb and iis helping the main verb, than it is an auxilliary verb (also known as a helping verb)
A helping verb can work with the main verb to tell about an action. The helping verb always comes before the main verb.
Action verbs and helping verbs work together to describe the state of or action of the subject. Some words that are helping verbs can be used as a main verb. Examples: Jack is a student. ('is' is the main verb in the sentence) Jack is walking to class. ('is' is the helping verb and 'walking' is the main verb in the sentence)
will be is the helping verb, and leaping is the main verb.
It is not a helping verb. It is a be verb, a past tense plural be verb.
Helping Verb
"Are" is the helping verb, "going" is the main verb.