RISE Basic Verbs Learn English Grammar
hi everybody welcome back to know your
verbs my name is Alicia and in this
episode we’re going to talk about the
verb rise let’s begin
the basic definition of the verb rise is
to move upwards some examples the
balloon rose in the air the Sun rises
every morning okay now let’s look at the
conjugations for the skirt present rise
Rises past rose past participle risen
progressive rising
now let’s talk about some additional
meanings for this verb the first one
means to become successful or to achieve
a higher position some examples the
group rose to power in 2016 our channel
has risen in popularity over the years
so these example sentences both refer to
kind of improving your rank or improving
your level of success becoming more
successful in the first one we see the
group rose to power rose to power means
became gradually more successful like
gradually gained more power rose to
power like kind of leveled up you can
imagine in the second example sentence
our channel has risen in popularity we
see that we’re becoming more and more
successful more and more popular over
the years so this refers to gradually
gaining some kind of success or
achieving a higher rank in some way okay
let’s go on to the second additional
meaning for this firm the second
variation is to increase to increase
some examples temperatures are rising
around the world our electrical bill
seems to rise every year so this just
refers to a simple increase perhaps the
easiest way to think of this as numbers
going up so in the first example
sentence temperatures increasing
temperatures are increasing around the
world means temperatures are going up
temperatures are rising in the second
example sentence it’s an electrical bill
so the cost goes up every year the cost
rises every year so we use rise to
prefer two simple increases as well okay
let’s go on to the third additional
meaning for this one the third
additional meaning for this verb is to
oppose a bad ruler so this can mean like
a king or a queen or government or
someone who is like in a managerial or
administrative role someone who’s ruling
over other people or controlling other
people examples the people rose up
against the government his troops began
to rise up against him so here you can
see rise up against and then we follow
that with the person or the ruler or the
government that’s causing the problems
for the people who are
opposing so in the first example
sentence the people the people are
rising up against a government in the
second example sentence troops members
of the military are rising up against
someone who is in control of them
so we commonly see rise against or rise
up against in this case
let’s continue on to some variations of
this verb the first variation is to rise
above this means to not allow something
to affect you negatively so examples of
this he’s trying to rise above all the
drama at the office they rose above the
ignorance in the community so rise above
refers to not letting some kind of
negativity affect you in the first
example sentence he’s trying to rise
above the drama in the office means he’s
trying not to let drama in the office
affect him negatively in the second
example situation it’s a community
situation they rose above the ignorance
in the community so perhaps there is
ignorance in the community that could
potentially create a negative situation
but they decide not to let that affect
them so they tried to go beyond it this
has a positive image actually rising
above something that could create a
negative situation okay let’s go on to
the next one
the next expression is to rise from the
dead or to rise from the grave this
means coming back to life after being
dead or we can use it to talk about
someone who wakes up after a long long
sleep in a very casual situation
examples zombies are humans risen from
the dead whoa look who’s risen from the
dead so in the first example sentence
it’s a fantasy situation about zombies
so zombies are kind of humans like
monsters humans that died and now they
are back they’re sort of risen from the
dead they’re back and walking around so
risen from the dead in the second
example sentence it’s about a person who
probably just woke up whoa look who’s
risen from the dead look who has risen
from the dead
meaning not literally you died and then
came back but instead you’ve been
sleeping for a long time so long it
seemed like you died but now you’re back
you’re risen from the dead so we can use
this in most cases to talk about like
zombie movies or people who sleep for a
long time so perhaps there are other
situations too especially in some
religious situations as well where we
can use this expression okay so those
are hopefully a few new ways that you
can use the verb rise of course if you
have any questions
comments or other ways that you want to
try to use Rhys please feel free to do
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