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English Gerunds
DEFRI RENDY (10606115)
Abstract—ii ABSTRACT English Gerunds. A Project.
English Department. Faculty of Letters. Gunadarma University. Bekasi: 2011. The English sentences contain a lot of
gerunds. A gerund can be used as subject, as a subjective
complement, as an object of transitive verb, as an object
of preposition, as an appositive, in the following construction, after certain verbs, after article, after demonstrative
adjective, after possesive adjective,. The problem of this research is about the usages of gerund. The objectives of this
research to analyze the usage of gerunds which are used in
the novel Revolt in Paradise. The writer used descriptivequalitative research as the research method. As a result,
the writer found 167 sentences that contain gerunds in the
novel. They are 17 sentences that have functions as subject; 1 sentence that used after demonstrative adjective; 74
sentences that have functions as object of preposition; 20
sentences that used after possessive adjective; 39 sentences
that used after article; and 16 sentences that used after
certain verbs. Key words: Gerund.
I. Chapter 1
1 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of
the Research 1.1.1. Justification of the research Language
is a system of conventional signals used for communication
by a whole community. To communicate, we need a language. Language can be divided into three groups; they are
first language, second language and foreign language. First
language is mother language. Second language is a language, other ones mother language, that is used for a special purpose, e.g. for education, government, etc. Whereas
foreign language is a language, other than ones mother language, which is learnt in schools, but not used in everyday
communication. (Sri Widiati,1998:7). Without language,
it is hard to imagine how people can cooperate and get
along with one another. (Prof.Dr.Ramelan,M.A.,1985:3).
There are many languages in this world according to each
nation. They are Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Danish, Finish, English and
there are many more languages. One of those languages
above, English as an international language plays as an
important role in our daily lives. Therefore, a lot of information and knowledge that come from many books and
magazines are written in English. Consequently, for
2 everyone who does not quite understand English or
another nation languages will encounter some difficulties
in order to improve knowledge and abilities, especially in
comprehending any news, which are written in English.
Every language has its own grammar. Grammar is the
system of rules governing the structure of phases, clauses,
and sentences consisting of words contained in lexicon. (Sri
Widiati,1998:7). In grammar, many parts of speech contain gerunds. The writers choose gerunds on his research
because a gerund is a well known form of a noun but it is
not easy to understand gerunds. This research can increase
understanding in using gerunds for the readers. Based on
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II. Chapter 2
6 CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW 2.1.
Theory of Gerund In many grammar books in English
version there are many explanation about theory of
gerund. each of them has a slight different explanation but most of the definitions are the same. 2.1.1.
Definition of Gerund Gerund is a noun from a verb +
ing form (Messe Students Pocket Grammar ). Gerund
is the ing form of a verb when used as a noun (Oxford Learners Pocket Dictionary). Gerund is a noun
formed from a verb (Longman Active Study Dictionary). Gerund is a noun which came from a verb plus ing
(http://catatanbahasainggris.blogspot.com/2009/04/gerunds.html).
Gerunds carry out the verb action.In English, the gerund
is identical in form to the present participle (ending in
-ing) and can behave as a verb within a clause (so that
it may be modified by an adverb or have an object), but
the clause as a whole (sometimes consisting of only one
word, the gerund itself) acts as a noun within the larger
sentence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerund). So the
writer concludes that gerund is a noun which has form
like verb + ing
7 Examples: 1. Hiking is difficult. 2. My cooking is
famous in my hometown. 3. I like fishing, a fun hobby. 4.
My favorite activity is dancing. 5. She likes writing a book
in her room. 6. You will not graduate without studying.
7. She did a lot of cooking when her birthday party. 8.
You had making right decision. 9. This working make me
stressed. 10. They do not appreciate my singing. 2.2.
Usage of Gerund According to an explanation of gerund
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III. Chapter 3
15 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD 3.1
Design of Study This research uses descriptivequalitative research which includes many particular
research
methodologies
and
procedures
[http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichse/ResearchMethods/RM2
118).Qualitativeresearchisamethodof inquiryappropriatedinmanydi
depthunderstandingof humanbehavior.(http
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//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitativer esearch)Descriptive−
Qualitativeresearchisamethodof researchusedtospecif y, delineate, a
16 3.2 Source of the Data As the source of the data of
gerunds analysis, the writer uses a novel entitled Revolt
in Paradise by Ktut Tantri as a subject of his study. 3.3
Technique of Collecting the Data To find out the data, the
writer looks for the gerunds that are used in the novel.
The steps that the writer takes are: 1. Reading the whole
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content of the novel. 2. Looking for the gerunds from the
sentences that are used in the novel. 3. Underlining the
gerunds on the novel. 4. Categorizing each gerund into
their functions in the sentences. 5. Putting the gerunds
into a table based on their categories. 3.4 Technique of
analyzing the Data In technique of analyzing the data, the
writer divides the step into two data classifications and
data interpretations. A. Data Classification The writer
classifies the data according to their usage in a sentence.
17 B. Data Interpretation The classified data are interpreted based on their functions in the sentences.
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IV. Chapter 4
19 CHAPTER IV RESULT OF THE STUDY After administering the test, the result can be described as follows:
4.1 Table Description of Data of 50 Samples Table 1. Sample Right answer Wrong answer Total 1 15 5 20 2 14 6 20
3 14 6 20 4 13 7 20 5 13 7 20 6 13 7 20 7 13 7 20 8 13 7 20
9 12 8 20 10 12 8 20 11 12 8 20 12 12 8 20 Sample Right
answer Wrong answer Total
20 13 12 8 20 14 12 8 20 15 12 8 20 16 10 10 20 17 10 10
20 18 10 10 20 19 9 11 20 20 9 11 20 21 9 11 20 22 9 11 20
23 8 12 20 24 8 12 20 25 8 12 20 26 8 12 20 27 8 12 20 28
8 12 20 29 8 12 20 30 7 13 20 31 7 13 20 .......
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V. Chapter 5
34 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion 5.1.1 The Usages of Gerund The usages
of gerund in a sentence are gerunds as a subject; after
demonstrative adjective; after possessive adjective; after
article; after certain verb and as an object of preposition.
Based on the gerunds which have been classified by the
writer from the novel Revolt in Paradise dealing with the
six usages of gerund above, the writer found that the most
frequent usage is the gerund as an object of preposition,
there are 74 sentences, whereas 39 sentences that used after
article, 20 sentences that used after possessive adjective,
17 sentences that have functions as subject, 16 sentences
that used after certain verbs and 1 sentence that used after
demonstrative adjective.
35 5.2 Suggestions This research paper might a good reference for students to study or research about the analysis
of gerund. It is acceptable for the learners to comprehend the usages of a gerund order to analysis sentences,
especially for comprehending about the usages of gerund
in a long sentence. Further research concerning the usages
of gerund is very expected and more relevant data will be
very useful for the analysis process.
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