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The phrase "asked him to read" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that someone requested another person to read something.
Example: "She asked him to read the report before the meeting."
Alternatives: "requested him to read" or "told him to read".
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Hirsch asked him to read the inscription.
Through an earpiece, she asked him to read it again.
Wright recalled that Delony then asked him to read from the Bible.
For half-term, his English teacher has asked him to read another novel about India.
"I asked him to read a couple of putts and he was way off".
"I guess I wouldn't last very long, then," I said, and asked him to read from the top.
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When Miss Nicholson asks him to read his work, he fetches it at once.
I used to harass [Yentob] at awards ceremonies, asking him to read it".
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