phrasal verb + preposition · neutral

insist on + V-ing

Band 4-5speakingtask2

to demand something forcefully or say that something must happen; followed by a noun or gerund.

Examples

“She insisted on paying for the meal despite our objections.”

“He insists on doing the work himself.”

“They insisted on a refund.”

Band 8 sentence

“Despite the manager's refusal, the customers insisted on being compensated for the delay.”

Collocations

  • insist on + V-ing (insist on paying)
  • insist on + noun (insist on payment)

Word family

insist verbinsistence noun

Common mistakes

He insisted to do it himself.→He insisted on doing it himself.

They insist on that we pay.→They insist that we pay.

Say it for a higher band

5want someone to + V→6insist on + V-ing→7+insist on + V-ing

Synonyms

demand

Easily confused

insist that + clause

“They insisted that he apologise immediately.”

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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