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Verb Confusion: Raise vs Rise

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Verb Confusion: Raise vs Rise

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Raise and rise are easily confused. We will go over the differences for you.

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Do you know the difference between “raise” and “rise”?

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If you know the answer, ____ your hand!

📖 Meaning Both verbs refer to the action of going up ⬆️:

👉 I raise my hand ✋ → I put my hand up. 👉 Prices rise 📈 → Prices go up.

🔀 Difference It lies in "who" or "what" carries out the action of going up (the subject), and "who" or "what" receives it (the object).

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“I raise my hand”. Does my hand go up on its own?

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“Prices have been rising in the last months”. Do prices go up on their own?

📝 The rule 👉 “Raise” is a transitive verb i.e. a verb that requires an object (=something you can put up). This means that the subject carries out an action that is “received” by the object.

"I raise my voice." "They raised their eyebrows in surprise."

👉 Sometimes it can also mean “to grow”: to raise tomatoes, to raise a child.

📝 The rule 👉 “Rise” is an "intransitive verb" i.e. a verb that doesn’t need an object to have full meaning. This means that the subject carries out the action on its own.

"I rise at 6AM every day." "The sun rises in the east." "The batter won’t rise unless you add yeast."

To rise 👉 there is not always a physical movement, sometimes the meaning is just “to increase”.

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____ a child is very challenging.

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A child gets educated on their own.

That’s why it’s “raising a child” → they’re the object.

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The balloon ____ slowly into the air.

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The balloon goes up on its own.

That’s why it’s “the balloon rises” → there’s no object.

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The government plans to ____ the age of retirement from 65 to 67.

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We ____ the flag when the sun ____, and we lower it when the sun goes down.

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Can you think of other pairs of confusing verbs?

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Full Video Duration: 18 minutes
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📖 Meaning Both verbs refer to the action of going up ⬆️:

🔀 Difference It lies in "who" or "what" carries out the action of going up (the subject), and "who" or "what" receives it (the object).

📝 The rule 👉 “Raise” is a transitive verb i.e. a verb that requires an object (=something you can put up). This means that the subject carries out an action that is “received” by the object.

👉 Sometimes it can also mean “to grow”: to raise tomatoes, to raise a child.

📝 The rule 👉 “Rise” is an "intransitive verb" i.e. a verb that doesn’t need an object to have full meaning. This means that the subject carries out the action on its own.

To rise 👉 there is not always a physical movement, sometimes the meaning is just “to increase”.

That’s why it’s “raising a child” → they’re the object.

That’s why it’s “the balloon rises” → there’s no object.

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