1. <span>That company has been making surfboards since the 1960s. - <u>present perfect progressive</u> (present perfect of the verb to be = have/has been + verb + ing)
2. </span><span>Hunter had been playing a video game when his computer crashed. - <u>past perfect progressive</u> (past perfect of the verb to be = had been + verb + ing)
3. </span><span>As of next month, my best friend and I will have known each other for 12 years. - there is a mistake in options here, the correct answer is <u>future perfect</u>, not future perfect progressive (that would be will have knowing). </span>
Answer:
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour
Answer:
They both depend on other things.
Explanation:
The simile used in stanza 2 of tintern abbeyis used to compare between two things and because he wanted to get the reader's imagination as you pass on the information to them.In addition,when the reader is able to see the image,they can imagine the scenes on their brains and help in better compression.