Posted by pakguru on November 7th, 2017 | 0 comments | adjectives, refreshing, speaking, vocabulary, writing
Students can take a break while they are studying in college for refreshing.
This word has been borrowed from English and used in Indonesian as a noun. However, in English ‘refreshing‘ is not a noun, and the closest noun available is ‘refreshment‘, but this is used almost exclusively for food and drink.
‘Refreshing‘ is an adjective:
IELTS candidates are often asked to explain why they enjoy certain activities, for example going to the beach at the weekend. In this case both the adjectives ‘refreshing’ and ‘refreshed’ might be used:
Refreshing and refreshed follow the same rule as bored and boring, where the __ing form is for the source, and the __ed form is used for the receiver:
Finally, you might use the verb ‘refresh‘:
Notice that in this case you must include an object: refresh myself. Also notice that when you’re explaining why you do something, you use to + V1 (not for).
Check out these other examples of ‘refreshing’.
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