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Hi, I'm Sian for BBC Learning English.
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And today, we're going to look at the difference
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between raise and rise.
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So raise and rise both refer to something going up,
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but there's a difference in how we use them.
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Raise always needs a direct object
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– so if you raise something, you move it up.
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For example: I raise my eyebrows when I'm surprised!
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And it doesn't have to be literal – so:
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The government plan to raise taxes.
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Don't forget this is a regular verb, so the
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past and past participle are both raised.
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But with rise, there's no direct object.
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So if something rises, it goes up or increases by itself.
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The sun rises at 6 a.m. at the moment.
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Careful, this is an irregular verb
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so the past is rose and the past participle is risen.
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