Read the sentence. she had heard that the figure skaters were arriving. what are the verbs in the verb phrases?

The helping verbs in this sentence are "had" and "were".

Helping verbs, also called auxiliary verbs, are used with the main verb in order to add a funcional or grammatical meaning.

Helping verbs have different functions within a sentence. They can express tense, modality, voice or emphasis. In this sentence for example, both helping verbs  "had" and "were" express the tense of the verb.

Had heard: Past perfect

Were arriving: past progressive

line 5 is one of them idk the other one