October 19, 2015 | Integrated Course Tutorial 10

1. Gerund
Christian Paskah Pardamean Situmorang
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2. Gerund?
• Gerund is a NOUN made from VERB by adding –ing. You
can use gerund either as:
– Subject of the sentence
e.g. Reading a lot helps you learning English.
– Object of the sentence
e.g. His hobby is reading.
• You can add NOT to make the sentence becomes negative.
e.g. He enjoys not working
The best thing for your health is not smoking.
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3. Infinitive?
• Infinitive is to + BASE FORMof the verb. You can use this as:
• Subject of the sentence
e.g. To study is important for your future.
• Object of the sentence
e.g. What is important for your future is to study.
• You can add NOT to make the sentence becomes negative.
e.g. I decided not to go.
The important thing for achieving your success is
not to give up.

4. Can you differentiate these sentences?
• He enjoys swimming.
• He wants to swim.
• She suggests to go to a movie.
• She keeps talking about the movie all the time.

5. You may ask …
 How can I differentiate which verb that should go with
gerund or infinitive?
 Later, in your e-mail student, I will give you the list.
 But today, we only learn about: love, like, hate which should
be followed by GERUND.
 You don’t need to worry, then. 

6. Pay Attention.
Gerund can often be modified with POSSESSIVE forms
so that it can make the sentence clearer on who makes
the action.
e.g. I like their cooking.
She loves Siti Nurhaliza’s singing.
He hates his friend’s writing.

7. Pay Attention.
Gerunds are used after prepositions.
e.g. Leslie made up for forgetting my birthday.
He is thinking about studying abroad.
They admitted to committing the crime.

8. What should I do in the quiz?
Use this base form in the quiz:
GERUND and TO + INFINITIVE. No
need to difficult in memorizing those
theories.

9. On your writing assignment:
Write your favorite drama series(can be Indonesian, Korean,
American, it’s up to you!). In your writing, please tell:
• the general information of the drama series.
• the BRIEF synopsis of your favorite drama series.
• the reason why you like the drama series.
Write your composition NO MORE THAN15 – 20 SENTENCESin a
piece of ‘folio bergaris’. Separate the paragraph. Don’t forget to
WRITEIN ANY OTHER LINES. Please submit it on Wednesday at 12
p.m. in F302. /Thursday at 12 p.m. in F212A.

10. Format:
Putri Kurniasih Primandini
EL 101
ICWritingAssignment
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Start your
paragraph
here.
Continue
here.