Spelling Past Tense Read
The past participle of read is read or readen archaic or dialect.
Spelling past tense read. The past participle which is the third form of the verb is always preceded by the word have and it conveys a completed action in someone s past e g i have read i have done i have been etc. The third person singular simple present indicative form of read is reads. I had been spelling.
He she it has been reading. You we they had been spelling. Read is the past tense of read it is pronounced in the same way as the word red.
The past tense of read is also read. The spelling red for past tense and past participle is found only in isolated instances in the modern period and was perhaps avoided because it coincided with the standard spelling of red adj. The present participle of read is reading.
The present day spelling of the past tense and past participle forms is analogous to the present tense. Both the present tense and past tense of the verb to read is spelled read. The correct past tense of read is also spelled read but it is pronounced like the color red rather than the plant a reed.
He she it had been spelling. The present tense is pronounced reed while the past tense is pronounced red. I have been reading.
Present perfect continuous tense. But they are pronounced differently. Read means to have comprehended the symbols composing printed or written matter and interpreted them into information.