Penggunaan dan Contoh Gerund

Penggunaan dan Contoh Gerund

Beberapa penggunaan dan contoh kalimat gerund sebagai berikut.

Penggunaan Gerund	Contoh Kalimat Gerund
Subject of a Sentence	Binging is a phase frequently done by a bulimic.
	Running may be hard for some people.
Direct Object	I hate waiting.
	They enjoy his singing.
Subject Complement	My bestfriend’s favorite activity is shopping.
Object of a Preposition	They disscussed an article about telling the truth.
	The manager scolded the worker for removing some substantial data.
	I think about his asking me if I planned to study abroad.
Appositive	His hobby, sailing, takes a lot of time.
	My bestfriend’s favorite activity, shopping, has made her spend much money.

Verb yang Diikuti Gerund

Verb yang diikuti oleh gerund dapat berupa verb tanpa tambahan agent atau dengan tambahan agent. Detail dan contohnya dalam kalimatnya adalah sebagai berikut.

Kondisi	Contoh Verb	Contoh Kalimat Gerund
Tanpa tambahan agent	acknowledge, admit, advise, anticipate, appreaciate, avoid, begin, celebrate, consider, continue, deny, discuss, dislike, endure, enjoy, finish, forget, give up, hate, help, practice, prefer, recommend, regret, remember, start, stop, teach, understand	I hate working with him.
		The student has finishedstudying.
Perlu tambahan agent	hear, watch, see	We heard him singing the song. (him= agent)
		I saw the man walking on the street. (the man= agent)

Beberapa expression juga dapat diikuti oleh verbal ini, yaitu: worth, rather than, dan instead of.

Expression	Contoh Kalimat
Worth	It is worth reading the book.
Rather than	I prefer to sleep rather than going to the party.
Instead of	Instead of paying the baggage fees, she will only carry a small backpack.