Read (verb) or red (adjective)?

What a difference a sound makes !

Most verbs in English are regular (-ed) but some

of the most common verbs such as :READ is irregular.

This everyday verb in the infinitive form is pronounced

 read/riid/ but its past simple and the past participle

forms, although they  are spelled with the same letters,

 their pronunciations change .They sound /red/ like the

color red (adjective)which is spelled differently and

pronounced like the verb to read in its past simple and

past participle forms.

 Many people get confused and mispronounce the second

and the third forms of the verb : to read read read ,when

they have sentences such as :

Lucy read  three good books last week.

John has read several books in that modern library lately.

Peter read a book written in english for the first time five years ago.

Have you read any interesting books recently ?

Many learners may not remember the correct pronunciation

of some english words due to these spelling/sound differ

ences,but making some sound associations with other

words which have already been studied before  ,

they will be able to speak them correctly sooner or later.

For example :

 ready (adj) is spelled with ea  and it is also pronounced

like the past and past participle form of the verb to read.

There are also these words which may help :

Breakfast,bread,breast,death,dead,deaf,feathers