verb · neutral
rise
/raɪz/RISE
Band 6-7task1task2speaking
to move upward or increase in level/amount; to get up
Examples
“Between 2000 and 2010, global temperatures rose steadily.”
“The sun rises in the east.”
“She rose to fame after her breakthrough novel.”
Band 8 sentence
“Unemployment rates rose marginally last quarter despite government stimulus measures.”
Collocations
- rise sharply
- prices rise
- rise to fame
Word family
rise baserose past simplerisen past participlerising present participle / adjective
Common mistakes
rised→rose
They raise quickly.→They rose quickly.
Say it for a higher band
5go up→6increase→7+rise
Synonyms
increase
soar
Easily confused
raise
“The company decided to raise employees' salaries.”
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