To me it is, YOU must decide for yourself. It's the way people used to amuse themselves and (sometimes) their only source of information - and this for centuries in a row, especially during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
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.)
Science may be challenging, but it is also rewarding; reading might be time-consuming, but it is also enlightening.
Were. They are reading They were reading
walking, wrestling, reading to his sons
The past tense of "reading" can be achieved by:- I was reading this book yesterday. or I read this book yesterday. Both are correct.
(if the action refers to time past is called past continuous) for example (a) fatima was singing a song. (b) rabab was reading a book
You / we / they were reading. i / he / she / it was reading
Well, if Ben is a person, and he is deceased, then I would say he is past tense. However, if you are talking about language, you might be referring to the word "been," which actually could be past, present, or future perfect progressive tense along with had or have. Examples: I have been reading (present perfect progressive). She had been reading (past perfect progressive). By that time, we will have been reading for a week (future perfect progressive).
I guess you could say something like that because reading started very long ago when people started writing which was BC! In the time of Adam and Eve!
The past participle of reading is read (pronounced red)
The past participle of read is read (pronounced like "red")The present participle of read is reading.
There are two types:Past progressive tensePast perfect progressive tense