Bentuk Past Tense Dari Read

Past tense of READ and Past Participle of READ

The past tense of the verb to read is read. The present tense, past tense, and past participle of READ are spelled the same but they are pronounced differently.

• “We read history books at school.” Present [REED]
•  “I read 6 books last summer.” Past [RED]
•  “They have read all the books in the library.” Past Participle [RED]

To READ – verb conjugation

Infinitive to read [pronunciation] TO REED

“I like to read crime novels.”

Present tense read [pronunciation] REED

“We read history books at school.”

Present tense third-person singular reads [pronunciation] REEDS

“He reads history books at school.”

Past tense read [pronunciation] RED

“I read 6 books last summer.”

Past participle read [pronunciation] RED

“They have read all the books in the library.”

Future tense (Just decided) will read [pronunciation] REED

“If you can’t sleep I’ll read to you before bed.”

Future tense (Planned activity) TO BE reading [pronunciation] REEDING

“I love the new book by Dan Brown. I’m reading it as soon as I get home tonight, I can’t wait.”

Continuous reading [pronunciation] REEDING

“I’m reading the biography of Steve Jobs now.”

The Continuous form, reading, can be used as a noun. (This is called a gerund in English grammar)

“My grandfather always loved reading books, he read 3 books every week.” *In this sentence, the verb is loved, reading books is a noun phrase, not a verb.

To READ – verb conjugation AUDIO

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• READ – Definition and Pronunciation guide
• Past Tense or Past Participle?
• Pronunciation Quiz
• READ – Video + Podcast audio
• Bonus #1 PDF
• Bonus #2 Infographic

The verb TO READ

The verb
to read
means –
to look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols

Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries

read

READ
is an irregular verb, the
past tense of READ
does not end in _ED.

Read can be a confusing verb because the
present tense, the
past tense, and the
past participle
are
spelled the same
but they are
pronounced differently.

READ Present Tense pronunciation

The present tense of READ sounds like
REED
~ “I

read
the newspaper every morning.”

READ Past Tense pronunciation

The past tense of READ sounds like
RED
~ “I

read
that book when I was in high school.”

READ Past Participle pronunciation

The past participle of READ also sounds like
RED
~ “These books are

read
all over the world.” (This example is the passive voice.)

So the 3 forms of the verb read look like this

read
(REED)
present

read
(RED)
past

read
(RED)
past
participle

Let’s
read
(REED) some more
present tense,
past tense, and
past participle
examples.

• A: “Have you
  read
  [RED]
  the new Harry Potter book?”
  B: “Not yet. My Dad
  read
  [RED]
  it and he said it was good. I will
  read
  [REED]
  it on the flight to Canada in August.”
  Past, Past, Present

• “I bought the new Dan Brown book but I haven’t
  read
  [RED]
  it yet.”
  Past Participle

How can I tell the difference between the

past

and the

past participle
?

This is a great question. We can tell the difference by looking at the words used in the sentences and understanding the grammar.

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When to use the Past Tense of READ

Simple Past tense
will follow a
subject.

My Dad
read
the book and he said it was good.
(My Dad is the subject of this sentence, READ is the simple past tense.)

Mark Twain
was
 an American writer.
He
lived
 from 1835 to 1910.
He
wrote
 many popular books and
traveled
 across Europe and America.
(Mark Twain is the subject of these sentences. The verbs in the story are all the
simple past tense
–
was,
lived,
wrote, and
traveled.)

More simple past tense examples:

• We
  read
  Shakespeare when we were in high school.
• Did you know that there are 3 private companies flying people to space now?
  I
  read
  about it on the Internet.
• Jerry was bored so
  he
  read
  one of his sister’s fashion magazines.

• Using Past Participles The Right Way (25 examples + PDF list)

When to use the Past Participle of READ

The past participle is used with the
Passive Voice
and the
Perfect Tense.

Passive voice
uses the verb TO BE (am,
is,
are,
was,
were) berlebih the
past participle
form of the verb in the main action.

If the subject of our sentence gets or receives something – something happens to the subject of our sentence – we use the
Passive Voice.

“These books
are
read
all adv lewat the world.”
are
+
the past participle
=
Passive voice

More Passive voice examples:

• “The hotel room
  was
  
  cleaned
  at 9:30 AM.”
• “The lost and found office at the station is full of umbrellas that
  were
  
  forgotten
  on the train.”
• “The flowers
  will be
  delivered
  next Tuesday.”

*cleaned,
forgotten, and
delivered
are all verbs in the
past participle
form.

More READ past participle examples in the Passive Voice:

• Allen’s screenplay
  was
  
  read
  by 3 Hollywood producers. Hopefully one of them will be interested in buying it.
• Romeo and Juliet
  is
  read
  by most Canadian high school students.

You can learn more about the
passive voice

here.
Passive Voice English Grammar – 20 REAL examples (Video)

Present Perfect Tense
is HAVE/HAS +
the past participle
form of a verb.

This verb tense is called the present perfect, but it is still talking about a past action. The auxiliary verb TO HAVE will be used in the present tense.

 “Have
you
read
the new Harry Potter book?” HAVE + the past participle =
Present perfect

More examples:

• “I
  have
  just
  eaten
  lunch so I’m titinada hungry.”
• “Have
  you
  been
  to the new café on Front Street? I heard it’s really good.”
• “Erica’s contact lenshas
  fallenout.”

*eaten,
been, and
fallen
are all verbs in the
past participle
form.

More READ past participle examples in the Perfect tense:

• Ryan
  has
  
  read
  every novel and short story written by Steven King.
  Have
  you
  read
  any?
• Chris
  hasn’t
  read
  any new books since January.
• I have seen all the Jason Bourne movies but I
  have never
  
  read
  the books.

You can learn more about the
Present Perfect tense.

How to use the Present Perfect Tense (25 Sungguhan Examples + PDF)

READ – Past tense and Past Participle infographic

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Take the READ Past and Past Participle QUIZ

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9
read
(REED) or
read
(RED) questions with 9 short video answers.

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Past participle of read – Podcast script