Incorrect:

The cost of living has raised over 8 percent in the past year.

Correct:

The cost of living has risen over 8 percent in the past year.

Incorrect:

The flag is risen at dawn by an honor guard.

Correct:

The flag is raised at dawn by an honor guard. (An honor guard raises the flag.)

Exercises:

Part A: Choose the correct answer.

The average elevation of the Himalayas is twenty thousand feet, and Mount Everest __________ to more than twenty-nine thousand feet at its apex.

(A) raises  (B) rises  (C) roses  (D) arises 

Part B: Choose the incorrect word or phrase and correct it.

When the temperature is risen  to the burning point  without a source of escape for the heat,  spontaneous combustion occurs. 

Problem 23 Transitive and intransitive verbs - lay and lie

Remember that lay is a transitive verb; it takes a complement. Lie is an intransitive verb; it does not take a complement. To lay means to put, to place or to cause to lie. To lie means to recline or to occupy a place.

Transitive: Verb word lay Past laid Participle laid

Intransitive:

Verb word lie Past lay Participle lain

lay lie a cable (rails, a carpet) lay the table, lay aside money, lay eggs. in bed on the ground on the floor in the sun in the shade on one's back on one's stomach lie back in an armchair lie down

S LAY C M The postman lays the mail on the table every day.

S LIE C M He lies on the sofa to rest every day after work.

Examples: