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Identify the helping verb in the sentence.

the scientists have studied the solar system for years

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Answer:

have

Step-by-step explanation:

It is the verb that is not the action of the sentence. Is the sentence about having or studying?

Here is another way to tell -

Think of the helping verb jingle (to the tune of jingle bells):

Helping verbs, helping verbs, there are 23:

Am, is, are, was and were, being, been, and be, oh!

Have, has, had, do, does, did, shall, will, sohuld, and could!

There are five more helping verbs: may, might, must, can, could!

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