What is the Past Tense of Read? Read Past Tense in English and Hindi with Example Sentences
The past tense of “read” is “read”, spelled the same but pronounced differently – it is pronounced as ‘red’. The verb “read” has an irregular past tense form as it does not accept the addition of “-ed” or “-d”. The past participle of the verb “read” is the same as the past form “read” which is pronounced as “red”.
Past tense of Read and other forms of the verb “READ”
In Hindi, ‘Read’ means पढ़ना
root or present form | Read पढ़ता हूं पढ़ते हैं |
third person singular / ‘s’ form | reads पढ़ता है पढ़ती है |
past form | read पढ़ रहा था पढ़ा था पढ़ रही थी पढ़ रहे थे |
present participle/ ‘ing’ form | reading पढ़ रहा हूं पढ़ रहे हैं |
past participle form | read पढ़ चुका हूं पढ़ चुके हैं पढ़ चुकी है |
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Let us see some example sentences to understand the usage of the different forms of the verb ‘read’.
Please read loudly. | (Present form) |
My son reads Harry Potter books. | (III person singular / ‘s’ form) |
I have read this book. | (past form) |
She is reading the newspaper. | (present participle form) |
Have you read my latest book? | (past participle form) |
Please watch the following video to understand the lesson better-
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