Các dạng của động từ
Dạng nguyên
/faɪnd/
Past Simple
/faʊnd/
Past Participle
/faʊnd/
Câu ví dụ
Dạng nguyên · find
- I always find it hard to wake up on Mondays.
Past Simple · found
- She found her keys under the sofa.
- He didn't find anything at the meeting.
- Did you find it before lunch?
- I found it as soon as I possibly could.
Past Participle · found
- The missing dog has been found safe and well.
- By the time we arrived, they had found everything.
- We have never found anything quite like it.
- He has found it many times before.
Cụm từ thường gặp
find out
to discover a fact or information
find a way
to discover how to do something
Thì chính
| Hiện tại đơn | Quá khứ đơn | Hiện tại hoàn thành |
|---|---|---|
I find he / she / it finds | I found | I have found |
| Hiện tại tiếp diễn:I am finding · he / she / it is finding | ||
Hướng dẫn ngữ pháp
The verb "find" follows the ABB pattern: the past simple and past participle share one form ("found"), while the base form ("find") is different. ABB is the most common pattern among English irregular verbs — roughly half of all irregulars fall here, so mastering this group pays dividends across the whole language.
Use the past simple "found" to talk about a completed action or event at a definite moment in the past. It stands alone as the main verb — no auxiliary is needed. Common accompanying time expressions include yesterday, last week, ago, and when: "She found the whole report by herself." The action is seen as finished and anchored to a specific past time.
The past participle "found" always works together with an auxiliary verb. It appears in: (1) the present perfect with have/has — "I have found this several times before"; (2) the past perfect with had — "By the time we called, they had already found"; (3) passive voice — "The decision was found by the board." Never use "found" as a standalone past-tense verb without an auxiliary.
Memory tip: because "found" and "found" are the same, you only need to memorise one past form. Many ABB verbs follow recognisable sound shifts — a large group ends in -ought (bring→brought, buy→bought, catch→caught, fight→fought, seek→sought, teach→taught, think→thought), and another group shows a vowel shift plus -t (feel→felt, keep→kept, leave→left, mean→meant, sleep→slept). Identifying which sub-group "find" belongs to can make the form easier to remember long-term.
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