As I've said before, context is everything!
Me, a native American, that's closer to being an octogenarian than a “spring chicken”, on occasion while reading, I occasionally will pronounce the the incorrect version of the word, briefly.
Example: “You told me yesterday that you were going to read chapter two of that book so we can discuss that chapter today. Have you read it yet?”
Read vs. read.
One is present tense, pronounced differently from the past tense.
Read (present tense) everything in these links 😉
Definition of: 'read' is: ''. Learn more at: 'https://www.dictionary.com/browse/read'
The first picture is a continuous action so it adds ‘-ing’ making it, reading.
The last picture is past tense…
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Okay, onto the next word:
Earlier this week, one of my students was reading from a classic book and we came across a common word, which he did like I do and pronounced it with the wrong meaning - i.e., if you heard it, even you would have asked how that fits into the story.
The word is “tear”.
Hahaha…
Some of you will say the word which describes a drop of water coming from your eyes; and some of you will say the word describing something being torn.
Both are correct:
Definition of: 'tear' is: ''. Learn more at: 'https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tear'
No tears please! I hope you understood what you read!
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