Английский язык. Ильичева Н.А - 12 стр.

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2. The Sun / revolve / around the Earth.
    The Sun doesn’t revolve around the Earth.
3. Matter / exist / in time, / occupy / space and / have / mass.
4. The science of chemistry / deal with / speed and velocity.
5. Objects / fall / down with different acceleration.
6. Galaxies / move / with respect to one another.
7. The sun / set / in the east.
8. A scalar quantity / have / direction.
9. On the moon all objects / fall / at a slower rate than on the Earth.
10. The velocity of a freely falling object / slow down.
11. Heavy objects / fall / faster than light objects.
12. Astronauts / fly/ in submarines.

20. Make sentences using the present continuous to show how our world is
   changing.
1. More people / recycle / rubbish nowadays.
   More people are recycling rubbish nowadays.
2. The climate / get / warmer every year.
3. Our knowledge of the world / grow.
4. Computers / become / faster every year.
5. More wild animals / become / extinct these days.
6. Cities / grow / bigger every year.

21. Choose the most appropriate variant. Then say what use it shows.
1. Every year I visit / I am visiting Britain to improve my English.
2. It’s time we turned on the central heating. It gets / it is getting colder every
   day.
3. What’s the matter? Why do you look / are you looking at me like that?
4. I’m going to buy a new swimming costume. My old one doesn’t fit / isn’t
   fitting any more.
5. You always complain / are always complaining about my cooking.
6. Water boils / is boiling at 100º C and freezes / is freezing when the
   temperature drops / is dropping below 0º C.
7. I have a feeling that something goes / is going wrong.
8. People traditionally prepare / are preparing coloured eggs at Easter.
9. I won’t have another drink, thanks. I drive / I am driving.
10. Roger kicks / is kicking the ball and passes / is passing it to Jones. Jones
   runs / is running down the pitch. He passes / is passing the ball to Smith.

22. Some stative verbs can be used in continuous forms but the meaning
changes. Read the sentences below and match the verbs in bold with their
meaning.
1. He has a sports car.