CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 1 Background of the Study

4. 1 Verb + Gerund or Infinitive with no Different in Meaning……………..24 4. 2 Verb + Gerund or Infinitive with a Different in Meaning…….……......25

5. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

5. 1 Conclusion……………………………………………………….….…..27 5. 2 Suggestion………….…………………………………………………....28 REFERENCES Universitas Sumatera Utara ABSTRACT Kertas karya yang berjudul “A Brief Description of Gerund and Infinitive in English Grammar” ini menjelaskan uraian definisi, bentuk, fungsi, dan penggunaan dari gerund dan infinitive secara singkat. Penulisan kertas karya ini mengunakan metode penelitian kepustakaan dengan cara mengumpulkan beberapa buku dan informasi yang relevan dengan judul ini. Gerund adalah bentuk kata kerja yang diberi tambahan –ing dan berfungsi sebagai kata benda noun atau membendakan kata kerja. Infinitive merupakan bentuk dasar kata kerja dalam bahasa Inggris dan umumnya mendapat tambahan kata to sebelum kata kerja verb. Terdapat beberapa kata kerja yang dapat digunakan dalam bentuk gerund maupun infinitive dengan tidak mengubah arti kalimat tersebut dan terdapat pula beberapa kata kerja yang dapat digunakan keduanya dan mengubah arti kalimat tersebut. Universitas Sumatera Utara

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1. 1 Background of the Study

Language is the most fundamental means of communication. By using language people can express their idea and feeling. As a universal language, English plays a great role in human communication to interact one with another. Understanding the grammar of a language is essential for those who use that language. Grammar is a part of structure in language which studies about the effective uses of parts of speech, noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection, for language users. An important aspect of English grammar is the use of verb forms, namely: gerunds and infinitives. One of the problems for learners is to know which verbs in English are followed by the infinitive and which verbs are take the –ing form. The problem is complicated by the fact that there is a number of verbs that can take both forms, but with a different in meaning. This paper describes about Gerund and Infinitive in English Grammar.

1. 2 Scope of the Study