Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Penggunaan, Bentuk-bentuk dan Contoh Infinitives



Bentuk-bentuk Infinitives

1.    The Perfect Infinitives
“to have” + Verb 3 (Past Participle)
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)
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)
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)
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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