When writing a book report should it be written in past or present tense?

Answer 1

Past Tense

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

Most nonfiction is written in present tense, as this sentence is.