English Conjugation 🇬🇧

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To read in English

read, read, read

Indicative

Present (simple)

  • I read
  • you read
  • he reads
  • we read
  • you read
  • they read

Present progressive / continuous

  • I am reading
  • you are reading
  • he is reading
  • we are reading
  • you are reading
  • they are reading

Past (simple)

  • I read
  • you read
  • he read
  • we read
  • you read
  • they read

Past progressive / continuous

  • I was reading
  • you were reading
  • he was reading
  • we were reading
  • you were reading
  • they were reading

Present perfect (simple)

  • I have read
  • you have read
  • he has read
  • we have read
  • you have read
  • they have read

Present perfect progressive / continuous

  • I have been reading
  • you have been reading
  • he has been reading
  • we have been reading
  • you have been reading
  • they have been reading

Past perfect

  • I had read
  • you had read
  • he had read
  • we had read
  • you had read
  • they had read

Past perfect progressive / continuous

  • I had been reading
  • you had been reading
  • he had been reading
  • we had been reading
  • you had been reading
  • they had been reading

Future

  • I will read
  • you will read
  • he will read
  • we will read
  • you will read
  • they will read

Future progressive / continuous

  • I will be reading
  • you will be reading
  • he 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 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 will have been reading
  • we will have been reading
  • you will have been reading
  • they will have been reading

Conditional

Simple

  • I would read
  • you would read
  • he would read
  • we would read
  • you would read
  • they would read

Progressive

  • I would be reading
  • you would be reading
  • he would be reading
  • we would be reading
  • you would be reading
  • they would be reading

Perfect

  • I would have read
  • you would have read
  • he would have read
  • we would have read
  • you would have read
  • they would have read

Perfect progressive

  • I would have been reading
  • you would have been reading
  • he would have been reading
  • we would have been reading
  • you would have been reading
  • they would have been reading

Infinitive

Infinitive

  • to read

Imperative

Imperative

  • read
  • Let's read

Examples of conjugation of the verb To read

Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne reads every report on fragrance fire prevention he can find, determined to honor his grandfather Xavier's memory.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: The noseless perfumer is reading a surfing manual on the flight from San Francisco to Pamplona, earning puzzled glances from fellow passengers.
Indicative Past (simple): Horatio Oléré read the Delavigne Corporation's quarterly results aloud at the board meeting while Bruno stared out the window at the San Francisco bay.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Bruno was reading his grandfather Xavier's old perfume notebooks in the Montmartre shop when the fateful explosion changed his life forever.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): The grandson of Xavier has read every environmental report published this year and forwarded each one to the Delavigne Corporation's sustainability team.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Bruno has been reading about ocean currents for weeks, convinced the knowledge will make him a better surfer off the San Francisco coast.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time the Pamplona bull-runners gathered at the starting line, Bruno had already read three chapters of a Spanish history book in his hotel room.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: The San Francisco staff had been reading the CEO's memo about fragrance fire prevention for a full ten minutes before realizing it was written in French.
Indicative Future: Delavigne will read the environmental charity's proposal tonight and share his thoughts with Horatio Oléré over dinner.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: While the bulls charge through the streets of Pamplona, Bruno will be reading the safety guidelines one last time on his phone.
Indicative Future perfect: By the time the Delavigne Corporation's annual gala begins, the CEO will have read every guest's biography and memorized their preferred fragrance.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By next spring, Bruno will have been reading Xavier's handwritten perfume journals for thirty years, and he still discovers something new on every page.
Conditional Simple: The bull-runner would read more novels if the Pamplona festival left him any quiet evenings to himself.
Conditional Progressive: If the waves were calmer today, Bruno would be reading on his surfboard right now, which Horatio insists is not technically surfing.
Conditional Perfect: Bruno would have read the safety manual more carefully had he known the lab demonstration at Delavigne Corporation would end quite so dramatically.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Without the constant interruptions from his San Francisco staff, the perfumer would have been reading Xavier's old letters all afternoon.
Imperative Imperative: « Read this fragrance fire prevention leaflet carefully, Horatio — I will not lose another person I love to an unfortunate explosion, » Bruno said firmly.

Translation

Français

  • lire

Deutsch

  • lesen

Español

  • leer

Italiano

  • leggere

Português

  • ler

Nederlands

  • lezen

中文

  • 阅读

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