phrasal verb · neutral

go into

UK/ɡəʊ ˈɪntə/US/ɡoʊ ˈɪn·tu/go·IN·to

task2speaking

discuss or examine something in detail; enter physically

Examples

I don't want to go into too much detail now.

They went into the building as it started to rain.

In the presentation she went into recent research findings.

Band 8 sentence

The essay doesn't have space to go into the theoretical background, so I will summarise the main points instead.

Collocations

  • go into detail
  • go into the reasons
  • go into a room/building

Word family

goes into verb (3rd singular)went into verb (past)going into verb (gerund)

Common mistakes

use 'go into' with no object: 'I will go into later' meaning 'I will explain later'I will go into it later / I will explain it later

confuse 'go into' (discuss) with 'go in to' (physically enter) and write them interchangeably'go into' dùng cho cả hai nghĩa nhưng cần context; khi viết tường minh, dùng 'enter' cho vật lý nếu muốn tránh nhầm lẫn

Say it for a higher band

5enter6examine7+go into

Synonyms

examine

enter

Easily confused

look into

The council promised to look into the complaint.

Related words

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