Interested in means wanting to know more about something or to spend time on it. After in, use a noun or a verb with -ing: interested in history, interested in learning Spanish. It works both for hobbies and for being willing to do something: Are you interested in the job?
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be/get interested in + noun/-ing; be interested to hear/know/see
- My sister got interested in photography after a trip to Iceland last summer.
- Are you interested in joining our running club on Saturday mornings?
- Most of my classmates are interested in studying abroad after graduation.
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First versionMy son is interested about robots and wants to study engineering.
RevisionMy son is interested in robots and wants to study engineering.
About feels natural because so many words for thinking and learning take it: read about, learn about, know about. But interested only goes with in. In the corrected sentence, only the preposition has changed.
Don't confuse interested and interesting. Interested describes the person who feels the interest: I'm interested in art. Interesting describes what causes it: The exhibition was interesting. I'm interesting in art sounds as if you were calling yourself an interesting person when it comes to art.
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Anna is interested in ___ Italian before her trip to Rome.
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learning — After the preposition in, a verb takes -ing: interested in learning. To learn does not fit here: to + verb never follows in, because these are two different patterns.
Write about something you have become interested in recently. Name the topic or activity and say how it all started.
I got interested in baking bread a few months ago, after a friend shared her sourdough recipe with me.
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