GERUND

GERUNDS atau VERBALS NOUNS adalah kata kerjaber bentuk –ing yang dipakai sebagai kata
benda
When we use the –ing form as a noun . It is called a gerund
Berbentuk – ing yang dipakai sebagai kata benda.

Gerund dibentuk dari :

V1 + Ing

Sifat Ganda gerunds:

Gerund merupakan part of speech ganda – suatu kata benda dan kata kerja yang digabungkan. Oleh
karena itu kita harus menejelaskannya pada tiap –tiap sifat ini:
1. Sebagai jenis kata benda
2. Sebagai bagian kata kerja
PEMAKAIAN:
1. Karena Gerund merupakan sejenis kata benda, maka ia dapat digunakan sebagai
berikut:
a. Sebagai subjek untuk kata kerja
b. Sebagai objek untuk kata kerja
c. Sebagai pelengkap kata kerja
d. Sebagai objek untuk kata depan
a. Subjek untuk kata kerja
Sleeping is necessary to life = Tidur adalah perlu untuk hidup
Sleeping is necessary to health = Tidur adalah perlu untuk kesehatan
Smoking is not good for our health = Merokok tidak baik untuk kesehatan kita
Swimming is good for our health = Berenang baik untuk kesehaan kita
b. Objek untuk kata kerja
 I don’t like smoking = Saya tidak suka merokok
 He enjoys hunting = Ia sering berburu
 She likes shopping = Ia suka berbelanja
 He dislikes joking = Ia tidak suka senda gurau
c. Pelengkap untuk kata kerja
 His hobby is hunting = Kegemarannya berburu
 My chief delight is riding = Olahraga kesayangannya adalah bermain sepatu es.
 Her favorite sport is skating = Olah raga kesayanganna adalah bermain sepatu es
d. Object untuk kata depan (preposisi).
 She is always fond of talking = Ia selalu suka berbicara
 She is fond of being admired = Ia suka dipuji
 He gave up smoking = Ia berhenti merokok
 Macam – macam gerund yang dibentuk dari
a) Kata depan
1. Without + gerund
Do you work without speaking = Kerjakanlah pekerjaanmu tanpa berbicara
2. Fond of + Gerund
He is always fond of hunting = Ia selalu suka berburu
3. Think of + Gerund
I often think of going to France = Saya sering bermaksud pergi ke Perancis
4. Tired of + Gerund
I am tired of eating foreign food everyday = saya bosan makan makanan asing tiap hari
5. Insist on + Gerund
He insisted on going to Kudus = Ia bersikeras untuk pergi ke Kudus.
b) Sesudah kata – kata tertentu
1. Avoid + gerund
We can’t avoid making mistakes = Kita tidak bias menghindari membuat kesalahan
2. Can’t bear + gerund
He can’t bear being laughed at = Ia tidak tahan ditertawakan orang
3. Can’t help + gerund
I can’t help laughing = Saya tidak dapan menahan tawa
4. Enjoy + gerund
He enjoys playing a game of football
5. Finish + gerund
I haven’t finished speaking
Have you finished doing your homework
6. Go on (continue) + gerund
The rain went on falling all night = Hujan terus turun sepanjang malam
7. Like
In British English, we often use like + -ing form to say that “enjoy” something
I like going to the cinema (= I enjoy it)
Compare like and would like

Do you like playing tennis? (=do you enjoy playing, generally)

Would you like to play tennis this afternoon (= do you want to play this afternoon)
8. Stop doing and stop to do
We use stop + -ing form to say that we do before we stop
I am a vegetarian. I stopped eating meat 5 years ago ( I eat mat up to 5 years ago) (I ate
meat to 5 years ago, then stopped)
 We use stop + to infinitive to say why we stop.
After I’d been working for 3 hours, I stopped to eat lunch (=I stopped in order to eat lunch)

ACTION -------) REMEMBER

I remember going to Paris in 1970. (I went there in 1970 and now I remember this).

REMEMBER -----) ACTION

I remember to go to the chemist’s for you. Here’s your medicine.

(I remember , then I went there)

c) Sesudah kata – kata sifat tertentu:

1. Busy + gerund
I am busy writing letters = saya sibuk menulis
2. Worth + gerund
Is that book worth reading? Apakah buku itu bernilai / bermanfaat untuk dibaca
 KATA – KATA KERJA YANG DI IKUTI _ING

KATA – KATA KERJA YANG DI IKUTI _ING

ADMIT DELAY RISKSTOP

APPRECIATE DENY SUGGEST
AVOID DISCUSS TOLERATE
COMPLETE ENJOY UNDERSTAND
CONSIDER PRACTICE DISLIKE
ADMIT FINISH DELAY QUIT STOP IMAGINE
APPRECIATE
KEEP DENY RECALL SUGGESTSTAND
AVOID MENTION DISCUSSRECOMMED TOLERATE
MISS
COMPLETE
MISS ENJOY REGRET UNDERSTAND
GIVE UP
CONSIDER
POSTPONE PRACTICEINVOLVE DISLIKEPUT OFF
FINISH QUIT IMAGINE
KEEP RECALL STAND
MENTION RECOMMED MISS
MISS REGRET GIVE UP
POSTPONE INVOLVE PUT OFF
 KATA – KATA KERJA YANG DI IKUTI _ING

Assessments!

Do do have play be read go not make borrowswim drive

1. I’ll lend you the book when I’ve finished______it

2. Do you ever go__________in the sea?
3. They suggested _____dinner in an Indian restaurant
4. Robert gave up______football years ago
5. The man admitted ___the car dangerously
6. I really don’t mind_____the housework
7. I didn’t feel like____out last night, so O stayed at home
8. Would you mind_____so much noise? I’m trying to study
9. I normally try
ADMIT DELAY RISKSTOP to avoid
APPRECIATE DENY SUGGEST _____money
AVOID DISCUSS TOLERATE 10. Sinces she
COMPLETE ENJOY UNDERSTAND moved from
CONSIDER PRACTICE DISLIKE London, she
FINISH QUIT IMAGINE misses____able
KEEP RECALL STAND to see all her
MENTION RECOMMED MISS friends there.
MISS REGRET GIVE UP
POSTPONE INVOLVE PUT OFF