The students raised their hands to answer questions.

Meaning: This sentence describes students who are raising their hands to answer the teacher's questions.

Choice of Words: Raised means to lift something up. Hands are the parts of the body that you use to hold things. Answer means to give a response to a question. When you put them together, you can imagine students lifting their hands to give answers to the teacher's questions.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Students eagerly raised hands to answer the teacher's questions.
• Students raised hands to answer questions.
• Students eagerly raised their hands to answer.
• The students raised their hands to answer the question.
• Students raised hands eagerly to answer the question.
• The students raised their hands to ask questions.
• Students raised hands for questions.
• Students raised hands to ask questions.
• Hands raised, questions burst, answers bloom.
• Students raised their hands often.