find
Base form
find
/faɪnd/
Past simple
found
/faʊnd/
Past participle
found
/faʊnd/
MeaningA1
to discover something you were looking for
to find it hard to sleep
In use
- Question · Form 1Did you find your keys in the end?
- After a modal verb · Form 1I can’t find my glasses anywhere.
- Past simple · Form 2Ben found a twenty-pound note on the pavement this morning.
- Past simple · Form 2Last week Tom found an old photo of his parents in the attic.
- Passive · Form 3The missing dog was found safe in a neighbour’s garden.
- Present perfect · Form 3Scientists have found frozen water under the surface of Mars.
Watch out
Found in both forms, never finded. Found is also another verb: to found a company.
Same pattern
A — B — BForms two and three are the same
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