Gerund

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