This is present continuous.
Present contiuous is formed with am/is/are + present participle.
Present continuous tense.
You can change "reading" into past tense by using the past tense form of the verb, which is "read." For example, "I am reading a book" would change to "I read a book" in the past tense.
Present tense: He reads a book. Past tense: He read a book. Past participle: He has read a book. Progressive: He is reading a book.
A book report or book review is usually written in the first person past tense because it is about one's own opinion of reading it, which was done in the past. You can combine different tenses,There are different forms of past tense which could be used in different ways to imply different things about when it was read:* "I read this book." - simple past tense A plain statement about a past event. * "I have read this book" - present perfect simple tense Implies an "and now.." idea follows, such as "and I want to read more by the same author."* "I was reading this book." - past progressive tenseThis might introduce another thing that happened after reading it, such as "I was too bored/scared to finish it."* "I have been reading this book." - present perfect progressive tense This implies it took some time or is not finished. * "I had read this book." - past perfect simple tense Used if something happened after reading it, such as, "I wanted to read it again."* I had been reading this book. - past perfect progressive tense Combines the above two.
The past tense of the verb to read is read (pronounced red).The past form is "is reading" or "are reading" is was reading or were reading.(This is the past continuous tense.)
Present progressive tense is a verb form that indicates an ongoing action that is currently taking place. It is formed using the auxiliary verb "to be" in the present tense along with the main verb in the gerund form (ending in -ing). For example, "I am reading a book" shows an action in progress at the moment of speaking.
Present continuous tense.
before or ago like we say i am reading this book presently past-i was reding it before
am reading
Examples of present continuous tense include: "She is reading a book," "They are playing football," and "I am watching a movie."
You / we / they were reading. i / he / she / it was reading
The present perfect tense for "read" is "has/have read."
Were. They are reading They were reading