Main and Helping verbs

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Helping verb in: She was racing in a wheelchair.

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was

Front

Main verb in the sentence: She was racing in a wheelchair.

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racing

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Main verb in: Sarah had joined the Wheelchair Athlete club.

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joined

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Helping verb in: Sarah had joined the Wheelchair Athlete club.

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had

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Helping verb in: The racers were using special racing wheelchairs.

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were

Front

Main verb in: The racers were using special racing wheelchairs.

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using

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Main verb in: They are training several times a week.

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training

Front

Helping verb in 'They are training several times a week.'

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are

Front

Helping verb in: The Carlucci family may have arrived before 1900.

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may have

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Main verb in: The Carlucci family may have arrived before 1900.

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arrived