Macam-Macam Penggunaan Gerund

Sekarang saatnya membahas macam-macam penggunaan gerund. Gerund adalah bentuk Ving
yang berfungsi sebagai noun.

Seperti apa sih penggunaan gerund? Simak ulasan berikut ya!

 Swimming is my hobby.
 My hobby is swimming.
 Shopping can be tiring too.

Catatan: Subjek/objek gerund adalah sebuah kegiatan, swimming = olahraga renang bukan
sedang berenang.

 His job is working on the field = pekerjaan

lapangan.
 Loving each other is the main idea of the
novel = rasa saling menyayangi.

 He is good at speaking English.

 She leaves the shop without buying any goods.
 I’m interested in browsing Google Earth.


- be used to: terbiasa

- look forward to: menanti
- be accustomed to: terbiasa
- object to: keberatan
- to take to: senang
- confess to: mengakui
 I am looking forward to hearing from you
soon.
 I confessed to stealing the CDs.
 He objects to marrying his girlfriend soon.
Catatan khusus:
 used to + V1 (kebiasaan lampau)
 be used to + Ving
(kebiasaan dari dulu hingga sekarang)
 I used to practice dance every week.
 I am used to sleeping at 11.00 PM.

 I don’t mind her smoking here.

 I will finish my eating later.
 I resent her interfering in my business.

 Let’s go to the swimming pool.

 Grandpa lost his walking stick.
 Please smoke in the smoking room.

 He admitted cheating the test.

 She advises waiting until tomorrow.
 I anticipate having a good time on vacation.

Kata kerja lain yang diikuti Ving:

appreciate avoid complete

consider delay deny

discuss dislike enjoy

finish forget keep

mention mind miss

postpone practice quit

recall recollect recommend

regret remember resent

resist risk stop

suggest tolerate understand

excuse forgive fancy

imagine prevent continue

CATATAN: Beberapa verb yang digunakan di atas memiliki arti yang berbeda dari biasanya.

Haruskah kita hafal verb di atas? TIDAK PERLU!

Yang perlu kita tahu, gerund dalam hal ini

digunakan untuk menyambungkan dua verb yang
digunakan sekaligus dalam satu predikat. Gerund
digunakan bila dalam arti penggunaannya, verb
pertama dikerjakan bersamaan dengan verb kedua.
Contoh:
I avoid meeting you.
Saya menghindari bertemu kamu.
Tidak berarti menghindar dahulu baru bertemu!

 It’s no use waiting for her.

 I can’t help falling in love with you.
 I can’t stand smelling the odor.

need, want, require, worth.

  Inception movie is worth watching.
 The job requires filling the registration form completely.
 The house needs painting.

Menyatakan kegiatan rekreasional.

go bowling go camping

go fishing go hiking

go hunting go jogging

go sailing go shopping

go swimming go skating

 Animals dislike being eaten by human.

 I give up being employed by that man.

Have fun/have a good time + Ving

 We had fun playing.
Have trouble/have difficulty + Ving
 I had trouble finding his house.
Spend/Waste + (expression time or money) + Ving
 Siti spends most of her time studying.
 I waste a lot of time watching.

Sit/Stand/Lie + (expression of place) + Ving

 She sat at her desk writing a letter.

 I stood there wondering what to do next.
 He is lying in bed reading a novel.

Semoga penjelasan mengenai gerund kali ini membuatmu lebih mengerti ya. Selamat dan tetap
semangat belajar, smart buddies! (TN)

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Sumber: Buku "TOP MASTER TOEFL: Pursue Your Highest Grammar Score" (M.Ali Fikrie)