includes in inflectional morpheme. If we see from the table of derivational morpheme, we can not find the information of gerund, otherwise, if we see
the table of inflectional morpheme, we can find one explanation at number 4 that is present participle. We have known that gerund and participle are
of the same verb-ing but they differ and only appear on syntactical case. Teaching also may be defined as “showing or helping someone to learn
how to do something, giving instructions, guiding in the study of something, providing with knowledge, causing to know or understand”
Kimble and Garmezy 1963:133. According to Nathan Gate 1964:269, teaching is guiding and facilitating learning, enabling the leaner to learn,
setting the conditions for learning. From all definitions above, the writer gives a summary that teaching
gerund is ‘a guiding and facilitating, enabling the learner to learn, and setting the condition for learning gerund.’
E. The Function of Gerund
Generally, the functions of gerund are as a subject, as an object, and as a complement in sentences
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. However, the writer tried to give a summary from many references about the function of gerund in order to be easily
understood by the reader.
1 Gerund as subject V-ING + VerbAux.V + Complement
Gerund as a subject is located at the beginning of sentence as follows: • Smoking will ruin your health
• Reading newspaper becomes my daily habits • Waiting too long makes her bored
2 Gerund as an object of transitive predicate after these words: practice, deny, discuss talk about, finish, avoid, postpone put off, risk, enjoy,
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Muhammad, 4 Jurus Lulus UAN SPMB Bahasa Inggris, Liebe Book Press: 2005, p.70
mind, mention, admit, suggest, stop, consider think about, appreciate, delay, anticipate, keep keep on, understand, fancy
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. Examples:
• I enjoy reading newspaper in the morning • The committee wants to postpone having a meeting on Sunday
• Listen to me, “Just stop complaining”
3 Gerund after preposition. Preposition + V-ING + complement in, on, of, for, about, by, besides, before, after, while
Examples: • Floretta is interested in getting a job in foreign company
• Sophia and Sonia are talking about getting a good job in a hotel • Before going to campus, Rezha eats a big breakfast.
4 Gerund after Verb with preposition to
GETOL 3BE + V-ING. These words can be identified as following:
GE = Get use to terbiasa BE = Be used to terbiasa
T = Take to menyukai BE = Be accustomed to terbiasa
O = Object to berkeberatan BE = Be averse to menolak
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L = Look Forward to menunggu-nuggu Examples:
• Mary is used to going to bed late at night • Farida does not object to having lunch with me
• I’m looking forward to hearing your report soon. 5 Gerund after Possessive adjective My, Your, His, Her, Our, Their
Possessive adj. = V-ING = Complement
Examples:
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nd
Edition, Prentice
Hall, Inc.:1989, p.154.
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Lembaga Pendidikan PRIMAGAMA, Metode Smart Solution Bahasa Inggris, Yogyakarta: Andi, 2003, p.34.
• I would like to thank four your coming to my party • Mary was very happy because of my bringing some apples for her
• I can not read her writing clearly. 6 Gerund after ‘GO’ for certain idiomatic expressions about activities
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.
GO + V-ING + Complement
Common expressions with GO + V-ING : Go bird watching
Go hiking Go sightseeing
Go boating Go hunting
Go skating Go bowling
Go jogging Go skiing
Go camping Go mountain climbing Go sledding
Go canoeing Go running Go tobogganing
Go dancing Go sailing
Go window shopping
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Go fishing Go shopping Examples:
• Would you like to go sightseeing with me? • Rezha and Oshin want to go shopping this afternoon
• We plan to go hunting next weekend
F. Approach, Method, and Strategy
