Question
a. rising b.
raising I. I am _____________ your pay. II. Warm air is __________ from the ground. III. The volunteers were __________ a huge amount for the orphanage. There are two words mentioned against (a) and (b). Three sentences are given with one blank in each sentence. The right word out of (a) and (b) needs to be selected to fill the blank for each sentence and the right combination in the order of sentence, I, II, III out of the 5 choices should be marked as your right answer.Solution
a- means ‘to move upwards’. b- means ‘to lift something to a higher position’. The word “raise” includes the words “something” and “someone.” That’s the big difference between the two. With “raise,” something is causing the upward movement of something else, whereas with “rise,” the cause is not stated. I- someone talking about raising someone’s pay. II- the cause is not stated. III- the volunteers are raising.
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