Yes, "read" can be used as both the past tense and the present tense of the verb. For example, "I read a book yesterday" (past tense) and "I read a book every night" (present tense).
Both the present tense and past tense of the verb to readis spelled read.But they are pronounced differently: The present tense is pronounced (reed), while the past tense is pronounced (red).Present: I read a book every day.Past: I read a book yesterday.
Past tense READ is pronounced RED, present tense READ is pronounced REED.
The past participle of read is read (pronounced like "red")The present participle of read is reading.
Read. It's just pronounced differently past tense-like "red".
sped read (read is pronounced red = past tense)
Some examples include "read" (present) and "read" (past participle), "cut" (present) and "cut" (past participle), "hit" (present) and "hit" (past participle), and "put" (present) and "put" (past participle).
The word "hit" remains the same in both the simple present and simple past tense.
"Have read" is the present perfect tense.
The past participle of "read" is "read" and the present participle is "reading". (The past participle has a different pronunciation from the present tense, even though the spelling is the same.)
The word "run" is a word that can be used in both past and present tenses. For example, "I ran" (past) and "I run" (present).
Read is one of the more unusual verbs in the English language; the present and the past are both spelled the same way, read, but they are pronounced differently; as a present tense it rhymes with reed, but as a past tense it rhymes with red.
Protected is both past and past participle.