It is personification because it makes the pain seem as it has feelings
Answer:
1. Had Seen
2. Were Creaking
3. Am reading
Explanation:
the second verb in each phrase is the main one, and the one directly before it in the sentences is what you call an auxilliary verb. Hope this helps!
The answer is: "Her mother had spent years learning to speak relatively good English…"
In the story "Bul-GO-gi!," Ji-Suk's mother best develops the theme that adapting to cultural change is difficult when it is mentioned that it took her ages to learn to speak English somewhat well. After coming from Korea, she found the language her most challenging obstacle. That is why she wanted her daughter to speak English well, attend a respectable university and graduate as a lawyer.