Question

action verb,helping verbs and verb phrases underline the verb phrase in each sentence, she had been running for a long time

Answer 1

In the sentence "She had been running for a long time," the verb phrase is **_had been running_**.

- "had" is a helping verb,
- "been" is also a helping verb,
- "running" is the action verb.

So the entire verb phrase is underlined as requested.