It really helps if you isolate the sentence.
After reading the book she kept it in the cupboard.
"reading" is a verb form (a participle), but isn't the main verb of the sentence because it has no subject.
What is the only other verb in the sentence (something people can do)?
This is an excellent website to bookmark for yourself. Read up on verbs here if you still cannot identify the verb in the sentence above.
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms.htm
After reading the book she kept it in the cupboard underline the verb in the sentence and state its tense
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