Pembahasan kata kerja (verbs) memang sangat kompleks ya. Dimulai dari pengelompokkan beberapa jenis kata kerja. Berdasarkan perubahan dalam tenses dikenal dengan regular verbsdanirregular verbs,kemudian berdasarkan fungsinya, ada kata kerja causatives, subjunctives.Berdasarkan pelengkap yang mengikuti, ada beberapa kata kerja yang harus diikuti bentuk infinitivedan ada yang harus diikuti dalam bentuk verb –ing.Lalu muncul istilah gerund,apa ya sebenarnya gerund itu?
Gerund adalah bentuk kata kerja verb –ing. Kata kerja yang bersifat sebagai kata benda (nouns), biasanya digunakan sebagai Subjek kalimat, pelengkap kata kerja, pelengkap setelah kata ganti benda kepemilikan (possessive pronouns).
Jadi jangan bingung dengan penggunaan verb –ing dalam tenses Continous Tense ya. Walaupun sama-sama menggunakan verb –ing, tetapi bukan dinamakan gerund.
Perhatikan tabel di bawah ini:
| Bare verb | infinitive | Verb -ing |
| do | to do | doing |
| be | to be | being |
| come | to come | coming |
Terus gerund digunakan untuk apa? Kapan verb –ing tersebut dinamakan gerund? Berikut ini beberapa contoh penggunaan gerund:
1. Sebagai Subjek Kalimat
– Swimming is my hobby.
– Reading and traveling is what I need now.
– Watching TV together or alone is okay for me.
2. Sebelum Possesive Pronouns
– We are waiting his coming to his room now.
– She has heard her breaking rule in school.
– I didn’t mean to remember your going out from this place.
3. Sebagai pelengkap kata kerja
Kata kerja di bawah ini harus diikuti dengan verb –ing sebagai pelengkap dalam kalimat. (cek: Contoh kalimat dengan kata kerja berpelengkap verb –ing).
| Verb 1 | Verb 2/ Verb 3 | sentences |
| Admit | admitted | She admits revealing your faults |
| Appreciate | Appreciated | Theo has appreciated inviting many guests in his party |
| Avoid | Avoided | Mia is avoiding walking to the left |
| Finish | Finished | We won’t finish debating within hour with his |
| Keep | Kept | Keep breathing slowly! |
| Recall | Recalled | I recall listening his favorite poets |
| recommend | recommend | Would you mind if we recommend placing the camp out there? |
| Delay | Delayed | The plane delays taking off due to other plane |
| Practice | Practiced | You must practice swinging this stick in golf game |
| Quit | Quit | We must not quit solving those problems |
| Regret | Regretted | Maira regrets leaving him behind for other guy |
| discuss | discussed | Daddy has discussed going to Bali with Mommy |
| enjoy | enjoyed | Those ladies enjoy swimming in beach |
| risk | risked | You may risks running through that place |
| Mention | Mentioned | He mentioned bringing phone themselves in the camp yesterday. |
| Miss | Missed | Hana has missed meeting with her soulmate |
| Postpone | Postponed | The game was postponed giving some infomation |
| complete | completed | Have you completed doing your homework? |
| consider | considered | I consider picking my daughter early. |
| tolerate | tolerated | My boss tolerates late within 5 minutes |
| understand | understood | Mia didn’t understand seeing him anymore is hurtful |
| Approve of | Approved of | I approve of accepting his proposal |
| Be better of | Was/ were better of | She was better of going to somewhere else |
| Insist on | Insisted on | You insist on arguing me with them |
| Keep on | Kept on | Just keep on holding please, I will come soon! |
| Think of | Thought of | I never think of leaving you behind. |
| Do not mind | Didn’t mind | They don’t mind meeting you in their house. |
| Forget about | Forgot about | He has forgotten about taking some photograph from that event |
| Get through | Got through | Finally Maira and he get through stepping to serious relationship |
| Object to | Objected to | Why do you object to accepting my wish? |
| Think about | Thought about | She will think about leaving the party soon. |
| Look forward to | Looked forward to | Patiently they look forward to waiting their baby come |
| Can’t help | Couldn’t help | We can’t help laughing hard about his funny attitude |
Begtulah bentuk verb –ing yang dinamakan dengan gerund. Semoga uraian singkat mengenai pengertian, contoh penggunaan gerund dalam kalimat mudah dipahami ya. Just keep on reading, see you!
