GERUND
1. … isn’t my hobby , it’s yours.
a. swim
b. swam
c. swimming
d. to swim
2.My father want to live a health life. That is why he Quitted …. since two years ago.
a. smoke
b. smoked
c. smoking
d. to smoke
3. My mother suggests me …. into business after seeing my father’s success.
a. go
b. went
c. going
d. to go
4. Our teacher postpones …. us the homework because she has things to do.
a. give
b. gave
c. giving
d. to give
5. My mom asked me to practice …. in front of her yesterday.
a. speak Japanese
b. spoke Japanese
c. speaking Japanese
d. to speak Japanese
6. My little brother ate without … That’s why our parents were mad at him.
a. pray
b. prayed
c. praying
d. to pray
7. She doesn’t like watching Horror Movie.
So, how about …. the romance one.
a. watch
b. watching
c. watched
d. to watch
8. Their …. is my wish because i always avoided … them when they were here.
a. leave, meet
b. leaving, meeting
c. leave, meeting
d. leaving, meet
9. I am looking forward to Bara’s … I am just so missing him.
a. come
b. came
c. coming
d. to come
10. Jordan’s family always fights with that family , every day Jordan is praying for his neighbor’s …
a. leave
b. left
c. leaving
d. to leave
11. No … !!! This is examination. So just do it by yourselves.
a. cheat
b. cheated
c. cheating
d. to cheat
12. I’m used to … the tutorial while ….
So I can do it well.
a. cook, watch
b. cooking, watch
c. cook, watching
d. cooking, watching
13. It’s no good … when our teacher is teaching.
a. talk about anything
b. talked about anything
c. talking about anything
d. to talk about anything
14. My grandfather and grandma have devoted to … for the rest of their life.
a. help for each other
b. helped for each other
c. helping for each other
d. salah semua
15. They can’t help … for my bad score.
a. make a joke of me
b. made a joke of me
c. making a joke of me
d. to make a joke of me
Kunci Jawaban
1. c. swimming
– gerund berfungsi sebagai subjek dalam kalimat tersebut.
2. c. smoking
– gerund berfungsi sebagai objek setelah kata kerja tertentu, dalam soal tersebut gerund diletakkan
setelah kata kerja ‘quit’.
3. c. going
– gerund berfungsi sebagai objek setelah kata kerja tertentu, dalam soal tersebut gerund diletakkan
setelah kata kerja ‘suggest’.
– gerund berfungsi sebagai objek setelah kata kerja tertentu, dalam soal tersebut gerund diletakkan
setelah kata kerja ‘postpone’.
5. c. speaking Japanese
– gerund berfungsi sebagai objek setelah kata kerja tertentu, dalam soal tersebut gerund diletakkan
setelah kata kerja ‘practice’.
6. c. praying
– dalam kasus ini gerund berfungsi wajib diletakkan setelah kata depan (preposition) , dalam soal
tersebut gerund diletakkan setelah kata depan ‘without’.
7. b. watching
– dalam kasus ini gerund berfungsi wajib diletakkan setelah kata depan (preposition) , dalam soal
tersebut gerund diletakkan setelah kata depan ‘about’.
8. b. leaving, meeting
– Gerund dalam soal tersebut wajib diletakkan setelah kata sifat posesif/ possessive adjective ‘their’.
– Kemudian gerund berfungsi sebagai objek setelah kata kerja tertentu, dalam soal tersebut gerund
diletakkan setelah kata kerja ‘avoid’.
9. c. coming
– Gerund dalam soal tersebut wajib diletakkan setelah kata sifat posesif/ possessive adjective Bara’s.
– note : tanda kutip satu + huruf s seperti Andy’s, Bara’s itu menandakan sebuah kepemilikan.
Contohnya : Andy’s home = Rumahnya Andi.
Baca juga : Materi Lengkap Concordance (Agreement) : pola kalimat, contoh kalimat, latihan soal +
jawaban
10. c. leaving
– Gerund dalam soal tersebut wajib diletakkan setelah kata sifat posesif/ possessive adjective ‘ his
neighbor’s leaving ‘.
11. c. cheating
– Dalam hal ini gerund digunakan dalam kalimat larangan singkat untuk memberi penegasan.
Biasanya selalu diletakkan setelah kata ‘no’.
12. d. cooking, watching
– Gerund wajib digunakan setelah frasa spesial seperti be + used to.
– Gerund wajib digunakan setelah kata depan, seperti without.
13. c. talking about anything
– Gerund wajib digunakan setelah frasa spesial seperti it’s no good.
14. c. helping for each other
– Gerund wajib digunakan setelah frasa spesial seperti devote to.
15. c. making a joke of me
– Gerund wajib digunakan setelah frasa spesial seperti can’t help.
