Find it + adjective + to + infinitive / adjective + at + -ing

find it hard to tell / bad at doing

Find it + adjective + to + infinitive / adjective + at + -ing

The structure find it + adjective + to + infinitive can be used to say if something is easy or difficult for you to do.

  • Even experts in lie detection find it hard to tell when someone is lying.

Adjectives that can be used in this structure include easy, hard, difficult and impossible.

The structure be + adjective + at + noun or verb + -ing can be used to say how well you can do something.

  • We are bad at telling whether someone is lying.

Adjectives that can be used in this structure include good, bad, terrible, fast and slow.

1. Saying how difficult or easy you find it to do things.

Order the words to complete the sentences.

2. Write.

Change the word in brackets to complete the sentence.

e.g. He's good (learn) languages
He's good (learn) languages.

3. Write.

Complete the second sentence using find + it so that it means the same as the first sentence.

For example:

It's hard for me to believe what you're saying.
I find it hard to believe what you're saying.