. Read the following sentences.
To burn paper or a piece of wood, we heat it before it catches fire. We generally do it
with a lighted match. Every fuel has a particular temperature at which it burns.
The verbs in italics are in the simple present tense. When we use it, we are not thinking
only about the present. We use it to say that something happens all the time or
repeatedly, or that something is true in general.
Find ten examples of verbs in the simple present tense in the text ‘Fire: Friend and Foe’
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and write them down here. Do not include any passive verbs.
Answers
Answer:
Fire is the result of a chemical reaction.
This is what we call fire.
To burn a piece of paper or wood, we heat it before it catches fire.
Oxygen comes from the air.
It is sometimes said that fire is a good servant, but a bad master.
The third way to putting out a fire is to remove heat.
We spend millions of rupees each year in fighting fire.
It absorbs heat from burning fuel.
It only means that fire is very useful.
Fire is still worshipped in many parts of the world.
Answer:
Fire is the result of a chemical reaction.
This is what we call fire.
To burn a piece of paper or wood, we heat it before it catches fire.
Oxygen comes from the air.
It is sometimes said that fire is a good servant, but a bad master.
The third way to putting out a fire is to remove heat.
We spend millions of rupees each year in fighting fire.
It absorbs heat from burning fuel.
It only means that fire is very useful.
Fire is still worshipped in many parts of the world
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