Common Mistakes : Awake
verb
.BAD: I get up at seven o’clock but I awake an hour earlier
.GOOD: I get up at seven o’clock but I wake up an hour earlier
.BAD: The next morning we awoke up at 7 o’clock to catch the train
.GOOD: The next morning we woke up at 7 o’clock to catch the train
Awake is used mainly as an adjective
.It’s gone ten o’clock and the children are still awake
As a verb, awake (WITHOUT up ) is used only in literary styles
.I awoke to the sound of church bells
The usual verb is wake up
.She told me that she keeps waking up in the middle of the night
.I was woken up by a loud whistling noise