Rise and Raise are another pair of troublesome verbs.
Just like with yesterday’s verbs, one verb’s action is done by the subject, and the other verb transfers action to an object.
When a person, an animal, or a thing gets up on their own, we say that they rise.
The sun will rise at 7:02 this morning.
I rise from bed every day at 6:30.
We put yeast into the dough so that the bread will rise.
Raise transfers action to an object. Can you find the object in each of these sentences?
I raise my window shade every morning.
I saw Tom raise his hand in class.
When my parents drink champagne, they raise their glasses in a toast to each other.
Did you find the objects with the verb raise?
raise the window shade
raise his hand
raise their glasses
Remember: a person, an animal, or a thing can rise all on its own. Use the verb raise when someone raises an object.