Bentuk-bentuk Infinitives
1.
The
Perfect Infinitives
“to have” + Verb 3 (Past Participle)
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Bentuk
ini paling sering ditemukan dalam kalimat yang menggunakan “Conditional Perfect”.
Misalnya: to have broken, to have seen,
to have saved, to have written, etc.
Contoh
kalimat:
Someone must have broken the window and climbed in.
I would like to have seen the Taj Mahal when I was in India.
He pretended to have seen the film.
2.
The
Continuous Infinitives
“to be” + Verb + -ing (Present Participle)
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Misalnya:
to be swimming, to be joking, to be
waiting, etc. Contoh kalimat:
I’d really like to be swimming in a nice cool pool right now
I happened to be waiting for the bus when the accident happened.
3.
The
Perfect Continuous Infinitives
“to have been” + Verb + -ing (Present Participle)
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Misalnya:
to have been crying, to have been
waiting, to have been painting, etc. Contoh kalimat:
The woman seemed to have been crying.
You must have
been waiting for hours!
He pretended to have been painting all day.
4.
The
Passive Infinitives
“to be” + Verb 3 (Past Participle)
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Misalnya:
to be given, to be shut, to be opened,
etc. Contoh kalimat:
I am expecting to be given a pay-rise next month.
This window ought to be opened.
This door has to be shut immediately.
Penggunaan Infinitives
Infinitives dapat
digunakan sebagai nouns (kata benda),
adjectives (kata sifat), atau adverbs (kata keterangan). Silahkan
perhatikan contoh kalimat di bawah ini:
To sleep is the only thing Tony wants after his double
shift waiting tables at the neighborhood café.
Pada contoh
kalimat di atas, kata “to sleep” berfungsi sebagai noun
(kata benda), karena “to sleep”
sebagai subject dari kalimat. Untuk
peran infinitives sebagai adjectives, silahkan perhatikan contoh
kalimat di bawah ini:
Wherever Angel goes, she always brings a book to read in case conversation lags or she has a long wait.
Pada contoh
kalimat di atas, kata “to read” berfungsi sebagai adjective
(kata sifat) karena menerangkan buku. Sedangkan untuk peran infinitive sebagai adverbs, silahkan perhatikan contoh kalimat di bawah ini:
Melinda braved the icy rain to
throw the smelly squid eyeball stew into the apartment dumpster.
Pada contoh
kalimat di atas, kata “to throw” berfungsi sebagai adverb
(kata keterangan).
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