🔠Rise vs. Raise - Arise vs. Arouse - Lie vs. Lay

Rise /raɪz/

❌ intransitive (no passive voice) 

❌ involuntary action 

❌ irregular verb

to move upwards by itself 

Raise /reɪz/

✅ transitive 

✅ voluntary action 

✅ regular verb

sb lifts sth to a higher position

Arise /əˈraɪz/

❌ intransitive (no passive voice) 

❌ involuntary action 

❌ irregular verb

sth emerges, pop ups, presents itself (abstract)

Arouse /əˈraʊz/

✅ transitive 

✅ voluntary action 

✅ regular verb

sth/sb provokes/triggers a reaction or response from sb else (usually feelings)

Lie /laɪ/

❌ intransitive (no passive voice) 

✅ voluntary action

❌ irregular verb

to rest by itself (usually in horizontal position)

Lay /leɪ/

✅ transitive 

✅ voluntary action 

✅ regular verb

sb puts/places sth down on a surface (usually carefully or for a particular purpose)

Is there a Direct Object?	❌ → use the “i” verbs (Rise, Arise, Lie)
	✅ → use the “a” verbs (Raise, Arouse, Lay)

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