Grammar fix

find out

discover information

To learn something that you did not know before, especially by asking, searching, or being told.

phrasal verbB1core

Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

I need to find out what time the train leaves.

In my last job, I had to find out a lot of information about different countries for our clients.

Fix the pattern

One small grammar move makes it sound right.

Not: I found out my keys under the sofa.

Say: I found my keys under the sofa.

'Find out' is for facts/information; locating a physical object is just 'find'.

  • Pattern
  • find out + (about) [noun phrase] / find out + (that) [clause]

Which sounds natural?

Tap the one a native speaker would say.

Build natural chunks

Words that usually travel with it.

find out + fact

  • the truth
  • what happened
  • why
  • more

Don't confuse it

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