ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD READ
Old English rǣdan to advise, explain; related to Old Frisian rēda, Old High German rātan, Gothic garēdan.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO READ
PRESENT
Present
I read
you read
he/she/it reads
we read
you read
they read
Present continuous
I am reading
you are reading
he/she/it is reading
we are reading
you are reading
they are reading
Present perfect
I have read
you have read
he/she/it has read
we have read
you have read
they have read
Present perfect continuous
I have been reading
you have been reading
he/she/it has been reading
we have been reading
you have been reading
they have been reading
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I read
you read
he/she/it read
we read
you read
they read
Past continuous
I was reading
you were reading
he/she/it was reading
we were reading
you were reading
they were reading
Past perfect
I had read
you had read
he/she/it had read
we had read
you had read
they had read
Past perfect continuous
I had been reading
you had been reading
he/she/it had been reading
we had been reading
you had been reading
they had been reading
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will read
you will read
he/she/it will read
we will read
you will read
they will read
Future continuous
I will be reading
you will be reading
he/she/it will be reading
we will be reading
you will be reading
they will be reading
Future perfect
I will have read
you will have read
he/she/it will have read
we will have read
you will have read
they will have read
Future perfect continuous
I will have been reading
you will have been reading
he/she/it will have been reading
we will have been reading
you will have been reading
they will have been reading
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would read
you would read
he/she/it would read
we would read
you would read
they would read
Conditional continuous
I would be reading
you would be reading
he/she/it would be reading
we would be reading
you would be reading
they would be reading
Conditional perfect
I would have read
you would have read
he/she/it would have read
we would have read
you would have read
they would have read
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been reading
you would have been reading
he/she/it would have been reading
we would have been reading
you would have been reading
they would have been reading
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you read
we let´s read
you read
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
reading
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «READ»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
read.
We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible.
I read the comics long before I was ever involved with the films.
Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up.
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.
I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican.
I don't read reviews. I find them very distracting, whether they're good or bad.
If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
Why on earth should I care whether people read me with their eyes or their ears?
Speaking for myself, I spend a good ten minutes a day deciding whether or not to read the results of new surveys, and, once I have read them, a further five minutes deciding whether or not to take them seriously.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «READ»
Discover the use of
read in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
read and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic that introduces and elucidates the various levels of reading and how to achieve them—from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional ...
Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, 2011
2
1001 Books: You Must Read Before You Die
Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination.
3
How to
Read Superhero Comics and why
In this book, Geoff Klock presents a study of the Third Movement of superhero comic books. He avoids, at all costs, the temptation to refer to this movement as "Postmodern," "Deconstructionist," or something equally tedious.
4
How To Talk About Books You Haven't
Read
In this mischievous and provocative book, Pierre Bayard contends that the truly cultivated person does not need to read books: understanding their place in our culture is enough.
At a time when faster and easier electronic media threaten to eclipse reading and literature, the author explores reasons for reading and demonstrates the aesthetic pleasure reading can bring.
6
50 Great States
Read and Solve Crossword Puzzles: Engaging ...
Crossword puzzles encourage students in grades three through six to recall facts provided in informational passages on each of the fifty United States.
Sylvia Charlesworth, 2002
7
Read This! Level 1 Student's Book: Fascinating Stories from ...
Read This! is a four-book reading series designed for adult and young adult ESL students at the high beginning to intermediate levels.
8
Why We
Read Fiction: Theory of Mind and the Novel
Why We Read Fiction offers a lucid overview of the most exciting area of research in contemporary cognitive psychology known as "Theory of Mind" and discusses its implications for literary studies.
9
How I Taught My Grandmother to
Read and Other Stories
These Are Just Some Of The Questions You Will Find Answered In This Delightful Collection Of Stories Recounting Real-Life Incidents That Happened To Sudha Murty, Teacher, Social Worker And Wife Of The Man Who Founded India'S Best-Known ...
10
How to
Read a Financial Report: Wringing Vital Signs Out of ...
This Seventh Edition of How to Read a Financial Report breaks through the language barrier, clears away the fog, and offers a plain-English user's guide to financial reports.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «READ»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
read is used in the context of the following news items.
What The College Kids Are Reading
The book had been assigned as our freshman reading assignment — part of the First-Year Experience at the liberal arts school in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.. «NPR, Jul 15»
5 Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read
I get asked a lot what books I'm reading or what books I recommend for entrepreneurs. I love to read, so I've always got my nose in a book. Even on my podcast ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
The Test That Can Look Into A Child's (Reading) Future
When I first read the study in the journal PLOS Biology, two words came to mind: science fiction. Because flagging some 3-year-olds as potentially troubled ... «NPR, Jul 15»
Opinionator | Writing Books Very Few Will Read
It took time to absorb the oddness of the question. Was I really willing to write a book that wouldn't be seen (let alone read) by anyone I knew, or anyone who ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
The Great Gift of Reading Aloud
The first time I read aloud to one of my children, the experience ended in tears. It was a sweltering July afternoon 21 years ago, and my husband and I had, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
General Partner Peter Read Leaves Google Ventures In Europe
Almost a year to this day Google unveiled the European arm of Google Ventures. The new $100 million fund was charged with investing in “the best ideas from ... «TechCrunch, Jul 15»
Reading Is Forgetting
It is the view of writing and reading that was taught in English departments forty ... that allows the professor, who has read it ten times, to stay safely ahead of his ... «The New York Review of Books, Jun 15»
Read the opinion: Supreme Court rules states cannot ban same-sex …
(CNN) In a landmark opinion, the Supreme Court ruled today that states cannot ban same-sex marriage, handing gay rights advocates their biggest victory yet. «CNN, Jun 15»
Google DeepMind Teaches Artificial Intelligence Machines to Read
But one area that has not yet benefitted is natural language processing—the ability to read a document and then answer questions about it. That's partly ... «MIT Technology Review, Jun 15»
I read all the small print on the internet and it made me want to die
Alex Hern decided not to do anything for a week – unless he'd read all the terms and conditions first. Seven days and 146,000 words later, what did he learn? «The Guardian, Jun 15»
