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Raise / Rise - English lesson

 Raise and Rise have similar meanings - to move to a higher position

Raise - Raised - Raised

Rise - Rose - Risen

Raise        A regular transitive verb. It needs an object to complete its meaning.

               It also means: to bring to maturity, to increase in worth, quantity or size, to elevate, to build, to set upright.

               I raised my hand to ask a question.

               They intend to raise taxes.

               Could you not raise your voice?

               I was raised by my grandparents.

Rise         An irregular intransitive verb. It does not take an object.

               This word has many different meanings: to return from death, to get up, to become higher, to go, to move up, to increase.

               The sun rises in the east.

               The moon is setting in the west.

               The price of food is rising.

               The temperature rises in summer.

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1. They raiseriseraisingI don't know the price of food in my country every year.

2. People don't like when the prices roseriseraiseI don't know. They have to tighten their belts.

3. Don't riseroseraiseI don't know your voice! I don't like when you shout at me.

4. My uncle is a farmer. He risenraisesrisesI don't know chickens on his farm.

5. Her parents divorced and she was raisingraisedrisenI don't know by her mother.

6. How much have prices roserisesrisenI don't know since 2009?

7. Do you think that the price of petrol will raisedrisenriseI don't know next year in your country?

8. RiseningRaisingRisingI don't know four children alone hasn't been easy for Susan.

9. My dough isn't risingrisesraisingI don't know at all! I need to add more yeast.

10. Ann risesriseraisesI don't know early in the morning because she works on a farm.

11. I would have risenrisedraisedI don't know my hand if I had known the answer.

12. The average global surface temperature of Earth has raisedrisenrisingI don't know over the past century.

13. My grandmother risesroseraisedI don't know from her favourite armchair and went for a walk.

14. This report warns about the risks of raisingraisedrisingI don't know sea levels.

15. The last flood caused a roseraisingriseI don't know in the price of fruits and vegetables.