Kata Kerja
yang Diikuti Oleh Verb Gerund dan Kata Kerja selalu Diawali dengan kata To
Berikut adalah beberapa kata kerja (verb) yang
lazim diikuti oleh gerund, disertai dengan contoh kalimat.
2. Advise: He advised
waiting until tomorrow.
3. Anticipate: We anticipate
having a good time on vacation.
4. Appreciate: I appreciated
hearing from them.
5. Avoid: She avoided
answering my question.
6. Complete: I
finally complete writing my term paper.
7. Consider: They
will consider going with you.
8. Delay: She delayed
leaving for school.
9. Deny: He denied
committing the crime.
10. Discuss: They discussed
opening a new business.
11. Dislike: We dislike
driving long distances.
12. Enjoy: We enjoyed
visiting them.
13. Finish: She finished
studying about ten.
14. Forget: I’ll never forget
visiting Napoleon’s tomb.
15. Can’t help: I can’t
help worrying about it.
16. Keep: I keep
hoping he will come.
17. Mention: She mentioned
going to a movie.
18. Mind: Would you mind
helping me this?
19. Miss: I miss
being with my family.
20. Postpone: Let’s postpone
leaving until tomorrow.
21. Practice: The
athlete practiced throwing the ball.
22. Quit: She quits
trying to solve the problem.
23. Recall: I don’t recall
meeting him before.
24. Recollect: I don’t recollect
meeting him before.
25. Recommend: He recommended
seeing the show.
26. Regret: I regret
telling him my secret.
27. Remember: I can remember
meeting him when I was a child.
28. Resent: I resent
her interfering in my business.
29. Resist: I couldn’t resist
eating the dessert.
30. Risk: He risks
losing all of her money.
31. Stop: She stopped
going to classes when she got sick.
32. Suggest: She suggested
going to classes when she got sick.
33. Tolerate: She won’t tolerate
cheating during an examination.
34. Understand: I don’t understand
his leaving school.
Infinitive adalah kata
dasar dari sebuah verb (kata kerja). Misalnya: to run, to play, to
sleep, to study, to do, to clean, to grow, to kick, to smoke, dan lain
sebagainya. Jadi jika selama ini kamu berfikir bahwa kata dasar dari verb
adalah Verb 1 itu tidak benar.
Berikut adalah beberapa kata kerja
verb yang lazim diikuti oleh Infinitive, disertai
dengan contoh kalimat.
1. Afford: I
can’t afford to buy it.
2. Agree: We agreed
to help them.
3. Appear: He appears
to be tired.
4. Arrange: I’ll arrange
to meet you at the airport.
5. Ask: She asked
to come with us.
6. Beg: I begged
to come with him.
7. Care: I
don’t care to see that show.
8. Claim: He claims
to know a famous movie star.
9. Consent: He
finally consented to marry her.
10. Decide: They
have decided to leave on Monday.
11. Demand: I demand
to know who is responsible.
12. Deserve: He deserves
to win the prize.
13. Expect: He expected
to enter graduate school in the fall.
14. Fail:
He failed to return the book to the library on time.
15. Forget: He forgot
to mail the letter.
16. Hesitate: Don’t hesitate
to ask for my help.
17. Hope: Mike hopes
to arrive next week.
18. Learn: She learned
to play the piano.
19. Manage: He managed
to finish her work early.
20. Mean: She
didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.
21. Need: I need
to have your opinion.
22. Offer: They offered
to help us.
23. Plan: She
is planning to have a party.
24. Prepare: We prepared
to welcome them.
25. Pretend: He pretends
not to understand.
26. Promise: You promise
not to be late.
27. Refuse: She refuses
to believe his story.
28. Regret: We regret
to tell you that you failed.
29. Remember: She remembered
to lock the door.
30. Seem: It seems
to be friendly.
31. Struggle: I struggled
to stay awake.
32. Swear: She swore
to tell the truth.
33. Threaten: He threatened
to tell my parents.
34. Volunteer: She volunteered
to help Sonia.
35. Wait: I
will wait to hear from you.
36. Want: He wants
to tell you something.
37. Wish: He wishes
to come with us.
