Verb dengan Infinitive (1)

The nurse asked him to relax

Beberapa verb dapat langsung diikuti oleh infinitive, beberapa yang lain diikuti noun/pronoun + infinitive

VERB + INFINITIVE

(a) I hope to see you again soon.

(b) He promised to be here by ten.

(c) He promised not to be late.

Beberapa verb langsung diikuti infinitive, seperti pada (a) dan (c). Lihat Kelompok A di bawah.

Bentuk negative: not di depan infinitive

VERB + (PRO)NOUN + INFINITIVE

(d) Mr. Lee told me to be here at ten o’clock.

(e) The police ordered the driver to stop.

Beberapa verb diikuti oleh pronoun/noun kemudian infinitive, seperti pada (d) dan (e). Lihat Kelompok A di bawah.

(f) I was told to be here at ten o’clock.

(g) The driver was ordered to stop.

Verb ini langsung diikuti infinitive manakala digunakan dalam bentuk pasif, seperti pada (f) dan (g)

(h) I expect to pass the test.

(i) I expect Mary to pass the test.

Ask, expect, would like, want, dan need bisa diikuti oleh noun/object pronoun bisa juga tidak.

BANDINGKAN:

Pada (h): I think I will pass the test.

Pada (i): I think Mary will pass the test.

KELOMPOK A: VERB + INFINITIVE

agree to

appear to

ask to

decide to

expect to

hope to

intend to*

need to

offer to

plan to

pretend to

promise to

refuse to

seem to

want to

would like to

KELOMPOK B: VERB + (PRO)NOUN + INFINITIVE

advise someone to**

allow someone to

ask someone to

encourage someone to

expect someone to

force someone to

invite someone to

need someone to

order someone to

permit someone to

remind someone to

require someone to

tell someone to

want someone to

warn someone to

would like someone to

note:

* intend dapat diikuti infinitive maupun gerund, tanpa perubahan makna. I intend to go to the meeting. I intend going to the meeting.

** advise + (no object) + gerund. He advised buying a Fiat.

advise + object + infinitive. He advised me to buy a Fiat. I was advised to buy a Fiat.

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