rise
Base form
rise
/raɪz/
Past simple
rose
/rəʊz/
Past participle
risen
/ˈrɪzn/
MeaningA2
to go up; to become higher
the sun rises in the east
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Interest rates may rise again later this year.
- Negative · Form 1The bread didn’t rise because the oven was too cold.
- Past simple · Form 2The sun rose at about six o’clock this morning.
- Past simple · Form 2Last year the price of our train tickets rose by ten per cent.
- Present perfect · Form 3The river has risen by almost a metre since yesterday.
- Past perfect · Form 3By the time we woke up, the sun had already risen.
Watch out
Things rise by themselves; you raise something: prices have raised → prices have risen.
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