Question

Present progressive tense: In the novel I read, the hero returns to where he had lived as a child. A+

Answer 1

If the instruction is to make this sentence in present progressive tense, here is the answer:  

In the novel I am reading, the hero returns to where he had lived as a child.  

Present progressive tense suggests action either happening in the present or in the future. In the sentence given, the action happens in the present. This type of tense is usually followed by adverbs of time.

Answer 2

Answer:

In the novel I am reading, the hero returns to where he had lived as a child.

Explanation:

Tenses show "the time" of a particular action. Specifically present progressive tense indicates continuing action, or in other words something that is going on now.

To form this tense is it is necessary the help of "to be" verb, in its present tense (am, is, are according to the subject) followed by the root form of the verb with an -ing ending.  

Bearing in mind the explained above, after using the to be verb form "am" plus the root form of the verb "read" with an -ing ending, the particular sentence provided will result as follows: In the novel I am reading, the hero returns to where he had lived as a child.