Question

Read the sentence. She had heard that the figure skaters were arriving. What are the helping verbs in the verb phrase?

Heard; arriving
Had; heard
Were; arriving
Had; were

Answer 1

It would be the fourth choice - Had; were.

She "had" heard that the figure skaters "were" arriving. The helping verbs are verbs that help the main verb in a sentence by extending its meaning to be grammatically correct in the sentence.

Answer 2

Answer:

had ; were

Explanation: