Adjective + preposition + gerund

He is very good at motivating his workers

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Explication

Gerund adalah kata kerja yang diberi akhiran -ing tapi berubah fungsinya menjadi kata benda.

Sebagai kata kerja, gerund dapat berperan sebagai:

1. subject; e.g Swimming is my hobby.
2. subject complement; e.g My hobby is swimming.
3. direct object; e.g. I like swimming.
4. indirect object; e.g. I will give swimming a consideration.
5. object of preposition. e.g. You must eat before swimming.

Gerund as an object of preposition

Gerund dapat digunakan sebagai object dari kata depan tunggal.

e.g. She cried after reading the letter.

Gerund juga digunakan setelah adjective + preposition.

e.g. I'm not keen on cooking.

He's angry about having to take the train.

They're good at singing and dancing.

She's used to drinking coffee.

Gunakan gerund setelah noun + preposition.

e.g. There's a choice of taking the lessons online or offline.

The baby is in danger of falling of his crib.

He has difficulty in spelling.

Verb + preposition juga diikuti gerund.

e.g. I agree with having a drink.

We believe in working hard.

They apologize for being stubborn.