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What is the difference between past tense read and present tense read?

Past tense READ is pronounced RED, present tense READ is pronounced REED.


How do you spell read in the past 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.


What is the participle of read?

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.)


Are read in present tense and read in past tense homonyms?

Nope.Read in the past tense sounds like "red", with the "e" sound being the same as in "Fred" or "dead".In the present tense read sounds like "reed". This "e" sound is the same as in "need" or "seed"


Is red the correct spelling for the past tense of read?

No, "read" is the correct spelling for the past tense of read.


Is read both past and present?

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).


Have read is this past tense?

"Have read" is the present perfect tense.


Word having same spelling for past tense and present tense?

Read and Read (Pronounced Red in the past tense) Cut and Cut (past tense is not cutted) Put and Put We can also include Beat and Beat (pronounced bet in the simple past tense) hit and hit hurt and hurt Let and let Quit and Quit Set and Set Shut and Shut Spread and Spread Cut and Cut Wet and Wet


Present tense to past tense to past participle to progressive examples?

Present tense: He reads a book. Past tense: He read a book. Past participle: He has read a book. Progressive: He is reading a book.


What is the past tense of read?

The past tense is also read, but it is pronounced 'red'. The present tense is pronounced as 'reed'.


The past tense of read?

The past tense of read is the same. it is read but pronounceation is different. It is red


How do you spell read in past tense?

Read. It's just pronounced differently past tense-like "red".