How To Spell Past Tense Of Read

The past tense is read which is pronounced red.

How to spell past tense of read. Check past tense of spell here. The past tense of read is also read. I had been reading.

The oed does briefly touch on the past present spelling issue. The present and future tense is to read which is pronounced reed in a sentence such as i read a book there is practically no way to determine if it is intended to mean that a book was read past tense as opposed to a was is being read present tense or is going to be read future tense. Past perfect continuous tense he she it had been reading.

The past participle of read is read or readen archaic or dialect. The oed lists for example rædde redis redys reeds reids redds reed red redd etc. I read rid books everyday simple present i read red many books last year simple past hope my answer is simple to understand.

Over the course of written english history. The third person singular simple present indicative form of read is reads. The verb spell commonly means to write or name the letters making up a word in the right order.

Spelled and spelt are both common forms of the past tense and the past participle of spell though with geographical differences. You we they had been reading. Let me make it clearer.

This is a reference page for spell verb forms in present past and participle tenses. Like most standard english words read was not always spelled this way. Find conjugation of spell.