Question

Read the sentence. our ideas should have been heard before the vote. which is an accurate description of the underlined words? they are action verbs. they are linking verbs. they are transitive verbs. they are helping verbs.

Answer 1

They are helping verbs. Your helping verbs are the following: 
am                 been             may
is                   can               might
are                could            must
was               shall
were             should
be                 will
being            would