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Chapter 1

Gerund and Infinitive

 

 a.      Gerund

Gerund adalah salah satu cara membendakan kata kerja dengan menambahkan –ing dibelakang kata kerja.

Kenapa harus dibendakan?

1.      Kata kerja (Verb) sebagai Subjek. Kata kerja tidak digunakan sebagai subjek, oleh karena itu kata kerja(V) harus dibendakan.

Example:

Speaking is better than thinking.

Swimming is good sport.

Jogging makes us fresh.

 

2.      Kata Kerja (Verb) sebagai Objek/Complement. Kata kerja juga tidak dapat digunakan sebagia objek/pelengkap.

Example:

She likes dancing.

My hobby is cycling.

 

3.      Kata kerja (Verb) sebagai prepositional objek (setelah preposition)

Example:

I am sorry for coming late.

On opening the door, I saw him.

Before leaving, he said nothing.

 

4.      Kata kerja setelah kata kerja tertentu

Admit	Miss	Approve of
Appreciate	Postpone	Be better off
Avoid	Practice	Can’t help
Complete	Quit	Count on
Consider	Recall	Do not mind/mind
Delay	Recommend	Forget about
Deny	Regret	Get through
Discuss	Risk	Insist on
Enjoy	Stop	Keep on / Look forward to
Finish	Suggest	Object to
Keep	Tolerate	Think about
Mention	Understand	Think of

 

Example:

We enjoy seeing them again after so many years.

Bob admitted stealing the money.

 

b.      To Infinitive

sama halnya dengan gerund, To infinitive juga merupakan salah satu cara membendakan kata kerja dengan menambahkan –to sebelum kata kerja.

1.      Kata kerja setelah objek tertentu (accusative Object)

Example:

She wanted me to buy a new camera.

Prabu asked to go with him.

 

2.      Kata kerja setalah kata Tanya yang mengawali klausa kata benda (Noun Clause)

Example:

She wanted to know how to manage the business.

I don’t know what to do.

 

3.      Kata kerja setelah kata sifat (tertentu)

Anxious Boring Dangerous Certain Eager

Good Glad Ready Pleased Prepared

Able Usual Common Difficult Wrong

 Example:

It is difficult to adapt in a new environment.

It is easy for me to defeat him.

We are ready to pass the test.

 

4.      Kata kerja setelah kata kerja tertentu:

Agree	Fail
Appear	Forget
Arrange	Hesitate
Ask	Hope
Claim	Intend
Consent	Learn
Decide	Manage
Demand	Mean
Deserve	Need
Expect	Offer
Plan	Prepare
Pretend	Promise
Refuse	Seem
Tend	Threaten
Wait	Want

 

Example:

Ratu learned to swim when she was young.

The soldiers are preparing to attack the village.

I expect to begin studying law next month.