GERUND

I.

TEORI
Gerund adalah kata kerja (verb) yang ditambahkan bentuk ing dan berfungsi sebagai kata benda
(noun)
Contoh : Swimming, dancing, reading, chatting, etc.
Ada 3 macam gerund:
1. Gerund sebagai Subject
Contoh:
a. Swimming makes me healthy.
S
V
(Berenang membuat saya sehat)
Swimming berfungsi sebagai subject.
b. Collecting stamps is fun.
S
V
c. Swimming and dancing are good for refreshment (berenang dan berdansa bagus untuk
penyegaran)
2. Gerund sebagai Object
Kata kerja (verb) yang biasa diikuti gerund adalah :
Enjoy, appreciate, avoid, delay, mind,
quit, postpone, keep, consider, like,
finish, cant stand (tidak tahan),
suggest, regret, admit

Contoh :
a. she enjoys dancing
(dia suka berdansa)
b. Do you mind helping me?
(apakah kamu keberatan menolong saya?)
c. They have finished writing.
(Mereka telah selesai menulis)
Dari ke 3 kalimat tersebut, dancing, helping, dan writing adalah gerund yang
berfungsi sebagai kata benda (noun). Sehingga bisa ditambahkan Possessive Adjective (my,
your, his, her, our, their).
Contoh :
a. She enjoys Alis dancing.
She enjoys his dancing
(wanita itu menikmati berdansanya si Ali)
b. They have finished their writing.
(Mereka telah menyelesaikan tulisan mereka)
3. Gerund sebagai Object of Preposition
Seperti kita ketahui, preposition adalah kata depan. Contoh : in, on, at, up, for, after, before,
with, without, of, to. Preposition harus diikuti oleh Gerund (Verb + ing).
Contoh :
a. Thank you for coming.
For
= Preposition
Coming = verb + ing (gerund)
b. How about going to the cinema.
About = preposition
Going = verb + ing (gerund)
c. After studying English, we went home.
After = preposition
Studying = verb + ing (gerund)
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Ada beberapa Verb + Preposition yang harus diikuti Gerund :

approve of (setuju)

afraid of (takut)
interested in (tertarik)
think about (memikirkan)
tired of (lelah)
look forward to (mengharap)
depend on (tergantung)
insist on (mendesak)
give up (menyerah)
worry about (khawatir)
fond of (suka)
object to (keberatan)
get used to (terbiasa)
get accustomed to (terbiasa)

II.
SOAL
1. Please dont go. I am afraid of by you in this big house.
a. leaving
b. leave
c. left
d. being left
e. leaves
2. Reza
Ikara
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

: Do you mind here!

: Not at all.
smoke
my smoking
my smoke
smoked
smokes

3. Totos wife doesnt like his too hard.

a. be working
b. works
c. working
d. worked
e. to work
4. Baby
Dilla
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

: Sorry, I forgot to your party last night.

: No problem.
coming
to come
comes
came
to have come

5. In their letter, they said that they were looking forward the news from me as soon as possible.
a. to hear
b. hearing
c. to hearing
d. hear
e. to have heard
6. Lisa
Ayu
Lisa
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

: do you like this song?

: Yes, what does this song remind you of?
: with my first boy friend.
to dance
dancing
I danced
To have danced
To be dancing

7. My colleague, Mr. Reza Hamami, is not used to a room with someone else in the dormitory.
a. sharing
b. share
c. have shared
d. shared
e. be sharing
8. My friend, Suryana, is considering school and working in the company right away.
a. to leave
b. leave
c. left
d. leaves
e. his leaving
9. All SMA students work hard for UN; they are looking forward to the test with good score.
a. pass
b. passing
c. have passed
d. passed
e. be passed
10. Dont give up. Keep on
a. to try
b. try
c. trying
d. to have tried
e. be tried
11. Mirna
Asep
Mirna
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

: I thank Adi for the book he has bought for me.

: Really?
: Yes, I appreciate it for me.
to buy
his buying
my buying
your buying
bought

12. Last month when I got my salary, I avoided to the market.

Usually, I spend a lot of money in the market.
a. go
b. to going
c. going
d. to have gone
e. went
13. My friends also dont understand the lesson. It is no use them.
a. to ask
b. ask
c. asked
d. asking
e. to have asked
14. Because I like my job in Jakarta now, I reject the offer of to Solo by my Boss.
a. transferring
b. transfer
c. to transfer
d. being transferred
e. transferred
15. Their family has considered together once a week.
a. do sports

b.
c.
d.
e.

doing sports
to do sports
did sports
have done sports

16. My friends are looking forward a salary raise this year.

a. get
b. to get
c. getting
d. to getting
e. to here get
17. When I was a child, I really enjoyed with my family.
a. to gather
b. gathered
c. gather
d. my gathering
e. for gathering
18. The officials object jackets for the graduation ceremony.
a. they wear
b. to wear
c. wore
d. to they wearing
e. to their wearing
19. Yayat stopped his letter because he had to leave for the hospital.
a. to write
b. writing
c. being written
d. written
e. to have written
20. a new language can be very interesting.
a. learn
b. learned
c. learning
d. to learning
e. to be learning
21. She is fond
a. to swim
b. swimming
c. for swimming
d. of swimming
e. swam
22. Without , we cant be successful.
a. work hard
b. being work hard
c. working hard
d. to work hard
e. worked hard
23. Why do you always keep to the Cinema with us?
a. object to going
b. object to go
c. objecting to go
d. objecting to going
e. objected to going

24. Elis
Yudi
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

: What did you avoid when you studied at the University?

: in the examination.
fail
failing
to fail
to be failing
to be failed

25. Please stop me in the middle of a sentence

a. interrupt
b. to interrupt
c. interrupting
d. being interrupted
e. be interrupt