Rise: to rise (yourself).
I rise from my bed when I am no longer tired.
Raise: to raise something else.
I always raise my hand in class.
Present | Present Participle | Past | Past Participle | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rise (self) | rise | rising | rose | risen |
Raise (object) | raise | raising | raised | raised |
Notice that the transitive verb (the one you do to an object) is more regular than the intransitive verb (the one you do to yourself). Raise adds -ing and -ed. Rise adds -ing, but changes to rose and risen.
I rise in the morning when my alarm goes off.
I am rising from my bed right now.
I rose from my bed late yesterday.
In the past I have risen as early as 5:00.
I raise the window shade every morning.
I am raising the window shade now.
Yesterday I raised the window shade.
In the past I have raised the window shade.