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What else can I help you with?
Is had been a linking or helping verb?
According to my wonderful English teacher (and my memory), "had been" is a verb phrase, but "had" is a helping verb.
Can verb phrases have three helping verbs?
Yes, verb phrases can have three helping verbs. For example, "could have been watching" is a verb phrase with three helping verbs: could, have, and been. These helping verbs work together to convey the idea of a continuous action in the past.
What part of speech is the word has been?
"Has been" is a verb phrase. The word "has" is a helping verb (auxiliary verb), and "been" is the main verb in the present perfect continuous tense.
Is could a helping verb?
When an verb ending in ing follows a form of is, then is is a helping verb as in this sentence. Likewise, when a past participle follows a form of is, then is has been used as a helping verb.
What is the helping verb in Do you remember the helping verbs?
Do is the helping verb: You do remember the helping verbs.
Is had been a linking or helping verb?
According to my wonderful English teacher (and my memory), "had been" is a verb phrase, but "had" is a helping verb.
What part of speech is been?
The word been is a verb. It is the past participle of the verb to be.
Is the word been a helping verb?
Yes
Is have been a helping verb or a verb phrase?
A helping verb is simply a part of a verb. Italics mighthelp. I have started helping you. That sentence hadone long compound verb. Have, usually a verb, was a helping verb. The man, climbing up the mountain, had seen the pretty girl. We could change that sentence by eliminating the verb phrase, climbing up the mountain. It modifies the man. It tells us which man. It was not the man sliding down the slide. The helping verb was had. The verb was the word seen. The man had seen the pretty girl. The helping verb had nothing to do with the verb phrase.A helping verb is part of the verb phrase. Some verbs can be both helping verbs and main verbs eg have or be.For example:I have been to the cinema. In this sentence haveis the helping/auxiliary verb and been (past participle of be) is the main verb.I have a new car. In this sentence have is the main verb.When there is more than one verb we call it a verb phrase.
Can verb phrases have three helping verbs?
Yes, verb phrases can have three helping verbs. For example, "could have been watching" is a verb phrase with three helping verbs: could, have, and been. These helping verbs work together to convey the idea of a continuous action in the past.
What part of speech is the word has been?
"Has been" is a verb phrase. The word "has" is a helping verb (auxiliary verb), and "been" is the main verb in the present perfect continuous tense.
Is could a helping verb?
When an verb ending in ing follows a form of is, then is is a helping verb as in this sentence. Likewise, when a past participle follows a form of is, then is has been used as a helping verb.
What is the helping verb in Do you remember the helping verbs?
Do is the helping verb: You do remember the helping verbs.
Is will a helping verb or a main verb?
It is a helping verb.
Is will a helping verb?
Is will" a helping verb?
What a helping verb?
A helping verb is a verb that helps the verb. It also mkes the semtance make more sence. They are: Am is are was were being been be have has had do does did shall should would could can may might must can could
Is a helping verb ever a verb?
Yes, most 'helping verbs' (auxiliary verbs) can function as main verbs; for example:He was helping mom with dinner. and He was a friend.She has been attending school. and She has been to Paris. She has a cold.
