GERUND

GERUND

Gerund adalah kata kerja + ing yang berfungsi sebagai Noun (kata benda).

[ V + ing à N ]

Gerund dibagi menjadi :

1.      Gerund as subject (gerund ada di depan kalimat)

Ex : Playing tennis is my hobby.

2.      Gerund as object (gerund ada di belakang kalimat)

Ex: They like singing.

3.      Gerund as complement (gerund sebagai pelengkap “didahului tobe, tapi bukan P.Continous tense”)

Ex : My hobby is dancing.

4.      Di gunakan di belakang “No…” membentuk kalimat pendek yang menyatakan larangan / peringatan.

Ex : No parking, No smoking, No loitering, No spitting.

5.      Di gunakan sebagai appositive (keterangan tambahan) dalam suatu kalimat

Ex : That difficult work, sawing hard wood makes him exhausted.

6.      Di gunakan di belakang possessive.

Ex :You can understand his feeling angry.

7.      Kata kerja tertentu + gerund

Ex : He enjoys swimming.

Kata kerja tertentu tersebut antara lain : enjoy,avoid, admit,stop, be worth, it’s no use, suggest, object to, imagine,regret, need, give up, remember, consider, miss, risk, hate, like, dislike, carry on, be busy, putt of, appreciate, anticipate, continue, deny, detest,delay,   excuse, finish, forgive, fancy, keep, mind, postpone, prevent, risk, resist, etc.