What's the difference between raise and rise?
To raise and to rise can both mean to go up, but there is a difference. Look at these examples, then choose raise or rise to complete the rules.
The government raised taxes.
The sun rises in the east.
Raise is a regular verb (raise, raised, raised). Rise is irregular (rise, rose, risen). Be careful with passive sentences: the verb rise isn't usually used to make passives (because it doesn't take an object).
Practice
Choose the best word to complete these sentences.