Different of Participle and Gerund

1.    Participle

Participle adalah kata kerja (verb) yang ditambah ing (verb + ing). Fungsi present participle ini bisa sebagai kata kerja dan juga bisa sebagai adjective.

Example:

1.    The train arriving at the station now is an hour late.

2.    The students talking in the class look very happy.

3.    Toni was sleeping when I called her.

4.    She has been watching TV for an hour.

5.    The girl dancing on the stage is my classmate.

6.    On my way home I saw the children playing.

7.    My brother very enjoys reading comic.

8.    My mother like cooking seafood.

9.    Every day my sister swimming with her friends.

10.     My lecture teaching English with seriously.

2.    Gerund

Gerund sangatlah berbeda dengan present participle. Sesuai penjelasan di atas, present participle bisa berfungsi sebagai kata kerja dan juga adjective, akan tetapi gerund hanya bisa berfungsi sebagai kata benda. Dengan kata lain gerunds adalah kata kerja (verb) yang ditambah ing  dan berfungsi sebagai kata benda atau kata kerja yang dibendakan/diubah menjadi kata benda dengan menambahkan ing.

Example:

1.      Swimming makes us healthy.

2.      Being poor forced him to rob the bank.

3.      Mother does not like smoking.

4.      My sister’s hobby is dancing.

5.      She went to bet after reading the novel.

6.      We are looking forward to her coming next year.

7.      I forget telling her the story.

8.      My brother hobby is fishing.

9.      I do not like swimming.

10.  We are looking my teacher English in post office.