Conjugation of the verb read in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb read in English.
Conjugation of the verb read in the present tenses
Present Tense
- 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
How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.
Conjugation of the verb read in the past tenses
Simple 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
How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.
Conjugation of the verb read in the futur tenses
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
How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.
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