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.
The past tense of "read" is "read," pronounced as "red." The present tense of "read" is also "read," pronounced as "reed." The difference lies in pronunciation, not spelling.
The past participle of "read" is "read." The present participle of "read" is "reading."
The past tense of "read" is "read." It remains the same in both present and past tense forms.
The past tense of "speed read" is "speed read." This term refers to the action of reading quickly, and it remains the same in both present and past tenses.
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" can be both the past tense and past participle of the verb "protect." The present participle form of "protect" is "protecting," and the present tense form is "protects."