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USING RISE AND RAISE CORRECTLY
Lesly Claribell Paz
Monday, May 25, 2020
Practice
The verb rise means "to go up" or "to get up." Its principal parts are rise, rising, rose, (have) risen. The verb rise is intransitive: it has no receiver for its action.
1
Rise and say the Pledge to the flag.
The water in the river is rising rapidly.
The weather balloon rose to a height of 10,000 feet.
Prices have risen steadily for many years now.
The verb raise means "to lift something" or "to push up something." Its principal parts are raise, raising, raised, (have) raised. The verb raise is transitive: it has a receiver for its action.
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Raise the flag when the trumpet sounds. (Flag receives the action of the verb.)
They are raising the drawbridge for the sailboat. (Drawbridge receives the action of the verb.)
She raised her voice when the jet flew overhead. (Voice receives the action of the verb.)
Potatoes have been raised by Maine farmers for generations. (Potatoes receives the action of the passive voice verb.)
Exercise A
Cross out each incorrect form in parentheses.
Exercise
Exercise A
1. Warm air (raises, rises).
2. Jesus (raised, rose) Lazarus from the dead.
Exercise
Exercise A (Number 3-7). P. 114
Exercise B (Number 1-7) P. 114
Exercise C (Number 1-4) P.114
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