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Rise/Raise
These are the principle parts of the verbs rise and raise. Notice :
 | Rise is an irregular verb. |
| Infinitive |
Present Participle |
Past |
Past Participle |
| rise (to go up) |
rising |
rose |
(have) risen |
| Raise is a regular verb and forms the past and past
participle by adding ed. |
| Infinitive |
Present Participle |
Past |
Past Participle |
| raise ( to lift up or cause to go up) |
raising |
raised |
(have) raised |
You will not have trouble
deciding which whether to use a form of rise or a form of raise if you remember the
following.
| Rise means "to go
up" or "get up." Like sit and lie, it seldom has an object. |
I rise every morning at 6:00 A.M. (No direct object)
The cat is lying from his nap. (No direct object)
Mary rose when the President entered the room. (No direct object)
She has risen early every morning this week. (No direct object)
| Raise means "to lift
up," "to cause to go up", or to help to grow up." Like set and lay
(present tense) it usually has an object. |
- Raise the window. (What are you lifting up or causing to go up? "Window" is the object of the verb raise.)
- Helen is raising her books above her head. ( What is
Helen lifting? "Books" is the object of the verb is raising.)
- John raised tomatoes in his garden last summer. (What did
John grow in his garden? "Tomatoes" is the object of the past tense verb laid.)
- They have raised taxes too high. (What have they cause to go up?
"Taxes" is the object of the verb have raised.)
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