Daftar kata kerja diikuti oleh infinitive

1. afford	I can't afford to buy it.
2. agree	They agreed to help us.
3. appear	She appears to be tired.
4. arrange	I'll arrange to meet you at the
	airport.
5. ask	He asked to come with us.
6. can't bear·*	I can't bear to wait in long lines.
7. beg	He begged to come with us.
8. begin*	It began to rain.
9. care	I don't care to see that show.
10. claim	She claims to know a famous movie
	star.
11. consent	She finally consented to marry him.
12. continue*	He continued to speak.
13. decide	I have decided to leave on Monday.
14. demand	I demand to know who is responsible.
15. deserve	She deserves to win the prize.
16. expect	I expect to enter graduate school in
	the fall.
17. fail	She failed to return the book to
	the library on time.
18. forget*	I forgot to mail the letter.
19. hate*	I hate to make silly mistakes.
20. hesitate	Don't hesitate to ask for my help.
21. hope	Jack hopes to arrive next week.
22. learn	He learned to play the piano.
23. like*	I like to go to the movies.
24. love* I love to go to operas. 25. manage She managed to finish her work early. 26. mean I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. 27. need I need to have your opinion. 28. offer They offered to help us. 29. plan I am planning to have a party. 30. prefer* Ann prefers to walk to work. 31. prepare We prepared to welcome them. 32. pretend He pretends not to understand. 33. promise I promise not to be late. 34. refuse I refuse to believe his story. 35. regret* I regret to tell you that you failed. 36. remember* I remembered to lock the door. 37. seem Theat cat seems to be friendly 38. cant' stand* I can't stand to wait in long lines. 39. start* It started to rain. 40. struggle I struggled to stay awake. 41. swear She swore to tell the truth. 42. threaten She threatened to tell my parents. 43. try* I'm trying to learn English. 44. volunteer He volunteered to help us. 45. wait I will wait to hear from you.  46. want I want to tell you something. 47. wish She wishes to come with us. Penjelasan: Kata kerja yang ditandai dengan sebuah bullet (*) juga bisa diikuti verb infinitive. Kata kerja yang berwarna merah mempunyai arti yang berbeda ketika diikuti verb gerunda atau verb infinitive. Forget a) I often forget to lock the door. (saya sering lupa untuk mengunci pintu) b) I'll never forget seeing America for the first time. (saya tidak akan pernah melupakan kenangan Amerika ketika aku melihatnya untuk pertama kalinya) Forget + infinitive bermakan lupa untuk melakukan sebuah kewajiban/tugas. Forget + gerund bermakna melupakan sesuatu yang terjadi di masa lampau. Forget + gerund biasanya hanya teradi pada kalimat negativedan question. Prefer a) I prefer staying home to going to the concert. b) I prefer to stay home than go to the concert. Forget + gerund atau forget + infinitive mempunyai makna yang tidak berbeda. Perbedaannya terletak pada bentuk struktur kalimatnya. Perhatikan TO dan THAN. To dan than diatas bermakna daripada. Regret a) We regret to tell you that you failed the test.(kami menyesal harus mengatakan bahwa Anda tidak lulus) b) I regret telling him the secret. He told every one about that secret. (saya menyesal telah menceritakan rahasia itu kepadanya. Dia menceritakan semua orang tentang rahasia itu) Regret + infinitive bermakna menceritakan suatu kabar buruk/tidak sesuai harapan. Regret + gerund bermakna menyesal atas kejadian yang telah terjadi. Remember a) Mike always remembers to lock the door. (Mike selalu ingat untuk mengunci pintu) b) I remember seeing my wife for the first time. She looked so beautiful. (saya mengenang kenangan ketika saya melihat istri saya untuk pertama kalinya. Dia nampak begitu cantik) Remember + infinitive bermakna ingat untuk melakukan tugas. Remember + gerund bermakna mengenang kejadian masa lalu. Stop a) My grandma stopped smoking when he was 30. (kakek saya berhenti merokok ketika berumur 30 tahun) b) When I was walking down the street, I stopped to talk to my old friend. (ketika saya sedang jalan-jalan, saya berhenti untuk berbicara ke seorang teman lama saya) Stop + gerund bermakna berhenti. Stop + infinitive bermakna berhenti dengan tujuan. Try a) I'm trying to learn English. b) The room was hot. I tried opening the window, but that didn't help. So I tried turning on the fan, but I was still hot. Finally, I turned on the air conditioner. Try + infinitive bermakna mencoba. Try + gerunda bermakna bereksperimen atau mencoba dengan cara yang baru/berbeda untuk tahu apa berhasil atau tidak.

Muhammad Ahkam Arifin Muhammad Ahkam Arifin is a Fulbright PhD student at Washington State University, US. He earned a master`s degree in TESOL from the University of Edinburgh & Applied Linguistics from the University of Melbourne.

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