YOU SAID:
the floor burns, the flour burns.
INTO JAPANESE
床が燃え、小麦粉が燃える。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The floor is on fire, the flour is on fire.
INTO JAPANESE
床が燃え、小麦粉が燃えています。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The floor is on fire, the flour is on fire.
You've done this before, haven't you.