LANGUAGE WIZARD
- Rise is an irregular verb: rise / rose / risen\n- Raise is a regular verb: raise / raised / raised\n\n—
PRACTICE
Exercise 1: Rise or raise? If you decide to use rise, be careful about the verb form.\n\n1. Allergies are continuing to _ around the world despite efforts to stop air pollution.\n2. Workers _ a clenched fist at a group of executives as a sign of protest.\n3. The value of the company’s shares has _ and fallen dramatically over the past few years.\n4. After the opening of the Stock Exchange, the index _ at first and then fell back to its previous level.\n5. The government is going to _ taxes.\n6. The Chinese economy is _ rapidly.\n7. I have to _ my prices because my costs are _.\n\nExercise 2: Can you guess what the following idiomatic expressions with the verbs rise and raise would mean? Match them with their Croatian equivalents:\n\n1. raise awareness a. progotati mamac\n2. raise an issue b. biti na razini zadatka\n3. raise funds c. podići svijest o nečemu\n4. raise children d. nazdraviti nečemu\n5. raise to the occasion e. prikupiti sredstva\n6. raise doubts f. odgajati djecu\n7. rise to the bait g. postaviti pitanje\n8. raise a glass to h. pobuditi sumnje\n\nExercise 3: Translate the following sentences into English paying attention to the correct use of the verbs rise and raise.\n\n1. Alergije rastu diljem svijeta unatoč nastojanjima da se zaustavi onečišćenje zraka.\n2. Vrijednost kompanijinih dionica je narasla i znatno pala u proteklih nekoliko godina.\n3. Vlada će povećati poreze.\n4. Kinesko gospodarstvo ubrzano raste.\n\n—
