Pengertian, Penggunaan dan Contoh Gerund Dalam Bahasa Inggris

Gerund merupakan bentuk verb-ing dari kata kerja yang difungsikan sebagai kata benda ( noun). Bentuk Gerund sama seperti dalam Present Participle tetapi mempunyai makna yang berbeda sehingga artinya bukan berarti sedang. Contoh dari Gerund adalah sebagai berikut : Reading, hunting, swimming, smoking, speaking, dan sebagainya.

Berikut ini beberapa Penggunaan dan contoh dari Gerund

Digunakan sebagai Subjek kalimat

Contoh :

1. Reading a lot is a must for every student.
2. Crossing the dessert is very tiresome.
3. Smoking is bad for your health.
4. Being a doctor is his ambition.

Digunakan sebagai Obyek kalimat

Contoh :

1. He loves hunting
2. They finish speaking
3. I don’t like smoking

Sebagai subyektif complement

Contoh :

1. My favorite past time is swimming in the river
2. Her hobby is climbing mountain

Sebagai keterangan tambahan ( appositive ) dalam kalimat

Contoh :

1. Her favorite hobby, travelling , gives her more experiences.
2. She has an extreme hobby, diving in the deep sea.

Digunakan dibelakang possesive adjective atau possessive Noun

Contoh :

1. I don’t mind your living here.
2. You know her  feeling sad.
3. The idea of his selling house doesn’t appeal to his wife.

Digunakan di belakang kata No … fungsinya membentuk larangan atau peringatan.

Contoh :

1. No Smoking!
2. No parking!
3. No littering!

Digunakan setelah kata depan ( preposisi) ; without, after, before, instead of, about, by

Contoh :

1. Before leaving the house, I locked the door.
2. Instead of meeting, she is complaining.
3. They discussing about going to Bali next holiday.

Digunakan setelah verb + preposition

• Accused of
• Approve of
• Be better of
• Count on
• Depend on
• Confess to
• Give up
• Go on
• Insist on
• Keep on
• Put off
• Rely on
• Succeed in
• Think of
• Dream about
• Worry about

Contoh :

1. She gave up smoking because of his health condition.
2. They confess to stealing the shop.
3. Linda is thinking of buying new car.

Digunakan setelah kata kerja tertentu

admit advise anticipate appreciate avoid complete consider

delay deny discuss dislike enjoy finish forget

can’t help keep mention mind miss postpone practice

quint recall recollect recommend regret remember resent

resist risk stop suggest tolerate understand smell, etc.

Contoh :

1. She dislikes watching horror movies
2. I smell something burning there.
3. He postponed making decision.
4. The students enjoy listening to Indonesian song.
5. She suggested staying here for a month.

Digunakan setelah Adjective + preposition

accustomed to afraid of fond of

capable of intent on interested in

successful in sorry for tired of

Contoh :

1. She is tired of doing her work.
2. We are interested in travelling around the world by bike.
3. I’m sorry for cancelling the schedule.

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