ERGÄNZUNGSSTUDIUM TECHNISCHES ENGLISCH

Lecturer: Doris Storrer

Raise, rise, arise

You use raise, rise, and arise to talk about moving upwards.

If you raise something, you move it so that is in a higher position. Raise is a regular transitive verb. The past tense and past participle are raised.

He began to raise a massive fist.

Raise your legs and try to lift your thighs to the floor.

The teacher asked the students to raise their hands.

If something rises, it moves upwards. For example, if smoke rises

it moves up to the sky. Rise is an irregular intransitive verb. Past tense: rose; past participle: risen.

In the distance he could see the smoke from his bonfire rising up in a white column.

Clouds of birds rose from the tree-tops.

Prices have risen considerably in the course of the last year.

If you rise, you get out of bed, or you stand up after sitting, kneeling, or lying down.

She could not tell us at what time she had risen that morning and how she had made her way to the station.

When he saw us arrive, he attempted to rise but couldn't quite make it.

Ash had bowed, knelt and risen in imitation of the other worshippers.

Arise can also be used to say that someone gets out of bed or that they stand up after sitting, kneeling, or lying down. When arise is used like this, it is very old fashioned or literary. Arise is an irregular intransitive verb. The past tense is arose; the past participle is arisen.

I arose at six.

He arose to greet her.

Raise and rise can also be used as nouns. A rise is an increase in an amount or quantity.

... price rises.

... the rise in crime.

In British English, a rise is also an increase in someone's wages or salary.

He went to ask for a rise.

In American English, this is called a raise.

He thought about asking his boss for a raise.

Also: to raise a child/animals