Leslie could have joined an elite group of racers.

which are the verbs in the underlined verb phrase?

The helping verbs in the underlined verb phrase are could have.

Helping verbs, usually refered to as auxiliary verbs, help out the main verb in a sentence. They accomplish this by providing more detail to how time is portrayed in a sentence. For this reason, they are used in verb conjugation to show the progressive and the perfect tenses of verbs.  Helping verbs don’t show meaning in that they don’t communicate much when they are on their own.

in this passage from "animal farm", by george orwell, the statement that best explains how boxer's response supports the author's purpose in writing an allegory is option b) orwell uses boxer's decision to avoid more carnage by working hard to show how the working class was manipulated. boxer and the other animals feel they are responsible for their carnage because napoleon uses propaganda to manipulate the animals of the farm.

explanation:

beneatha's hair symbolizes wealth  

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