2. which underlined verb is in the past progressive tense?
a soon i will have been reading for an hour about texas.
b i read about texas last night.
od and voice
oc i was reading about texas last night.
ind usage
od i will be reading this evening about texas.

I was reading about Texas last night

Explanation:

The action of the verb 'reading' was going on last night. So, it is the past progressive tense. Progressive means continuing.  

c

explanation:

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.