Gerund adalah suatu kata yang dibentuk dari verb (kata kerja) dengan ditambahkan suffix (akhiran) ing dan berfungsi sebagai noun (kata benda).
A. The Use Of Gerund
- Subject of a sentence
- Direct Object
- Subject Complement
- Object of a preposition
- Appositive
*Subject of a sentence
examples:
- Swimming is a good sport
- Studying is a must for every student
- Drawing is Dinda's hobby
Note: swimming, studying, and drawing are the subject of the sentences
*Direct Object
example:
- I hate loving you so much
- You love sleeping in my room
- She misses having dinner with her boy friend
Note: loving, sleeping, and having are the direct object of the verb in each sentence
*Subject Complement
example:
- Your hobby is singing
- My job is teaching
- What Anas wants is eating
Note: singing, teaching, and eating are the subject complement dari kata kerja is
*Object of a preposition
example:
- Jessica talk about winning speech competition
- Dude buys some fruits for giving to Alysa
- Andien is busy of caring you
Note: winning is the object of preposition "about", giving is the object of preposition "for", and caring is the object of preposition "of".
*Appositive
example:
- Our daily obligation,
studying, has to be done everyday
-My favorite job,
broadcasting, is very interesting
-Students weekly
activity, gardening, gives so many benefits
Note : studying,
broadcasting, and gardening are the appositives
