reading is on the Basic English 850 List.
reaction - reading - ready

Pronunciation change

Verb change

Plain form
read

Third-person singular
reads

Past tense
read

Past participle
read

Present participle
reading

  1. The present participle of read.

Noun change

Singular
reading

Plural
readings

  1. A reading is a spoken performance of something written.
    The author was giving a reading of his new book.