pattern · academic

involve + V-ing

Band 6-7task2speaking

to include or require doing something as part of an activity or process

Examples

“The project involves collecting data from over a hundred households.”

“Teaching often involves explaining complex ideas simply.”

“Research into migration involves interviewing people from different backgrounds.”

Band 8 sentence

“The longitudinal study involves tracking participants' health outcomes over a decade, which demands careful ethical oversight.”

Collocations

  • involve + V-ing (involve testing participants)
  • be involved in + noun (be involved in research)

Word family

involve (v) verbinvolvement (n) noun

Common mistakes

The study involves to interview students.→The study involves interviewing students.

It involves a lot of to read and write.→It involves a lot of reading and writing.

Say it for a higher band

5include + V-ing→6require + to + V→7+involve + V-ing

Synonyms

include + V-ing

Easily confused

include + V-ing

“The course includes lectures, tutorials and practicals.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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