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Insisted Porter Baggage Insist Helping Helping/That Sth Meal

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Keyword insist
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The porter insisted to help us with our baggage.
Correct Sentence The porter insisted on helping us with our baggage.
The porter insisted that he (should) help us with our baggage.
Cloze Error Sentence The porter insisted [[to help]] us with our baggage.
Cloze Sentence The porter insisted [[on helping/that he (should) help]] us with our baggage.
Cloze Answer on helping/that he (should) help
Choices to help | that he (should) help | on helping
Explanation

insist on (doing ) sth: 'He insisted on paying for the meal himself.'

insist that sb (should ) do sth: 'He insisted that he (should) pay for the meal himself.'

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