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Makalah Gerund & To Infinitive
Makalah Gerund & To Infinitive
A.Gerund
Gerund is the –ing form of a verb(Example: talking, playing,
understanding).
Examples List:
a. Enjoy
b. Appreciate
c. Mind
d. Quit(Give up)
e. Finish(Get through)
f. Stop*
g. Avoid
h. Postpone(Put off)
i. Delay
j. Keep(Keep on)
k. Consider(Think about)
l. Mention
m.Suggest
Examples List:
a. Go birdwatching
b. Go boating
c. Go bowling
d. Go camping
e. Go canoeing
f. Go fishing
g. Go dancing
h. Go hiking
i. Go hunting
j. Go jogging
k. Go mountain climbing
l. Go running
m.Go sailing
n. Go shopping
o. Go sightseeing
p. Go skating
q. Go skiing
r. Go sledding
s. Go swimming
t. Go tobogganing
u. Go window shopping
B. Infinitive
Infinitife is the “to + the simple form of a verb(Example: to talk,
to play, to understand.
Example:
a. It began to rain/It began There is no difference of the
raining. meaning, if the sentence uses a
b. I started to work/I gerund or an infinitive.
started working.
c. It as beginning to rain.
Example:
a. Arthur always remembers Remember + infinitive =
to lock the door. remember to perform
responsibility, duty, or task.
b. Patrick often forgets to Forget + infinitive = forget to
lock the door. perform a responsibility, duty, or
task.
c. I remember seeing the Remember + gerund =
Alps for the first time. remember(recall) something that
happened in the past.
d. I’ll never forget seeing Forget + gerund = forget
the Alps for the first time. something that happened in the
past.
e. I regret to tell you that Regret + infinitive = regret to
you failed the test. say, to tell someone, to inform
someone of some bad news.
f. I regret lending him some Regret + gerund = regret
money. He never paid something that happened in the
back. past
g. I’m trying to learn Try + infinitive = make an
English. effort.
h. The room was hot. I tried Try + gerund = experiment with
opening the window, but a new or different approach to
that didn’t help. So I tried see if it works.
turning on the fan, but I
was still hot. Finally, I
turned on the air
conditioner.
FINISH
________I’M DONE WITH THIS HELL OF A S**T______