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Used with verbs:
"
She is learning to read."
(be + learning, be + able, be + unable)
"
I am teaching him to read."
(be + teaching)
"
She can read English."
(can, cannot)
Used with nouns:
"
Did you read the headline today?"
(headline, article, notice, memo, newspaper, news)
"
The judge read the verdict."
(verdict, statement)
"
I need to read my mail."
(mail, emails)
"
I can't read the clock."
(clock, board, meter, sign)
"
I like to read poetry."
(poetry, magazines, fiction, poems, books, stories, literature, novels)
"
You must read each sentence carefully."
(sentence, word, chapter, page, paragraph)
"
Can you read music?"
(music, instructions)
"
I can't read your mind."
(mind, writing)
"
Read the instructions to me."
(instructions, directions, manual, letter)
Used with adverbs:
"
I read aloud to the children."
(aloud)
"
She can read Chinese fluently."
(fluently, well)
"
He reads regularly."
(regularly, avidly, slowly, often)
"
I recently read his book."
(recently, just)
"
I carefully read the report."
(carefully)
"
Did I read that correctly?"
(correctly)
Used with prepositions:
"
He is reading over his essay one more time."
(over)
"
He is reading from the book."
(from)
"
I read to him every night."
(to)
"
We read about him in school."
(about)
"
I read of the accident in last week's paper."
(of)
"
I read about the war in my history book."
(in)
