The past tense of read (pronounced (riːd) is read. (rhymes with "red") I read about it in the paper. She listened closely while he read the letter. He read a poem in his native language.
The present tense form is read with a long E sound (pronounced like reed), and the past tense is read with a short E sound (pronounced like bread). Read (past tense) means that someone has completed the act of reading, while read (present tense) means that someone is currently reading something.
The present participle of read is reading. The past participle of read is read or readen (archaic or dialect).
The present tense is a type of tense which indicates that an action is happening right now or at the present moment. There are four different variations of the present tense; these are present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, and simple present tense.
The past tense in English describes events that have already happened. How to form the past tense in English: take the present tense of the word and add the suffix "-ed"" . For example, to turn the verb "walk" into the past tense, add "-ed" and you get "walked."
(archaic or dialect) past participle of read.
verb (used with object),read [red], read·ing [ree-ding]. to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book;to read music.
You can use the past tense in any genre. It is the easiest way to tell a story, because it places it in a time frame. It has already happened and it gives the reader a sense of comfort that somebody has lived to tell the tale. Most of us, including many older readers, are happiest with this format.
The past simple form of “drink” is “drank.”
The past tense of "read" is "read", spelled the same but pronounced differently - it is pronounced as 'red'. The verb "read" has an irregular past tense form as it does not accept the addition of "-ed" or "-d".
simple past tense and past participle of sleep.
The words sang and sung are forms of the irregular verb sing. Sang is the past tense form and sung is the past participle form.
[M] [T] She read the book all night. [M] [T] I have read this book before. [M] [T] I want you to read this book. [M] [T] Do you have any books to read?
3rd Form – I have read this book. The important point here is that though the spellings of the words are the same, the 1st and the 2nd forms of 'read' are pronounced differently. The 1st form is pronounced as 'REED' and the 2nd form is pronounced as 'RED'. Also, the 3rd form is pronounced as 'RED'.
read. Plural. reads. The plural form of read; more than one (kind of) read.
talked - Simple English Wiktionary.