GERUND AND INFINITIVE

A.    Gerund

Gerund is the verb+ing and have the same form with present participle. Gerund adalah kata kerja yang dibendakan menjadi:

1.      Gerund sebagai subjek kalimat

Example:

Smoking is not good for our health.

Fishing needs patience.

2.      Gerund sebagai pelengkap\complement

Example:

One of her hobbies is collecting foreign stamps.

My brothers profession is boxing.

3.      Gerund sebagai objek kalimat

Example:

My father likes playing golf.

I enjoy living in this city.

4.      Kata kerja yang diikuti gerund

Admit Avoid Deny Finish Mention Practise Recommend Resist

Advise Complete Discuss Forget Mind Quit Regret Risk

Anticipate Consider Dislike Can’t help Miss Recall Remember Stop

Appreciate Delay Enjoy Keep Postpone Recollect Resent Suggest

Example :

I always finish working at 6 o’clock.

I don`t mind helping him in the office.

5.      Gerund sesudah possessive adjective

My     your     his     her      our      their

Example :

Her living made me sad.

I could hear her crying.

6.      Gerund sesudah kata depan (preposition)

Jika kata kerja (verb), kata sifat (adjective), kata benda (noun), diikuti kata depan (preposition) kata kerja berikutnya harus gerund.

a.       Verb + preposition

Approve of Give up Keep on

Insist on Succed in Count on

Keen on Think of Rely on

Depend on Worry about Object to

Example :

Jane is thinking of going to Japan nexth month.

My father has given up smoking.

b.      Adjective + preposition

Accustomed to Tired of

Capable of Interested in

Fond of Afraid of

Successful in Intent on

Example :

She is afraid of meeting her boss in the office.

I am interested in seeing this film.

c.       Noun + preposition

Choice of Method for/of

Excuse for Possibility of

Intension of Reason for

Example :

There is possibility of meeting him tomorrow.

I have no reason for leaving this village.

7.      Sesudah kata go dan come, kata kerja yang menunjukkan suatu kegiatan olahraga atau rekreasi yang bersifat fisik dalam bentuk ing.

Go boating Go dancing Go jogging Go swimming Go shopping

Go bowling Go fishing Go riding Go sightseeing Go shooting

Go camping Go hiking Go running Go skating Go golfing

Go hunting Go sailing Go sleding Go window shopping

Example :

Father usually goes hunting on Sunday morning.

The children don’t go swimming today.

8.      Gerund digunakan untuk menunjukkan larangan (prohibition)

No parking/dilarang parkir.

No smoking/dilarang merokok.

No fishing/dilarang memancing.

No trespasssing/dilarang masuk (tanpa izin).

No camping/dilarang berkemah.

No spitting/dilarang meludah.