Rearrange words and make a sentence?
Hi! I was doing an English drill and there was this one, where I was supposed to put given words in order and make a sentence.

It said :
The entertainer was happily ＿＿＿＿＿ up in the air.

Words : arms / her / raised / singing / with

And I came up with 2 sentences

1. The entertainer was happily singing with her arms raised up in the air.
2. The entertainer was raised singing with her arms up in the air.

And the correct answer was the 1st one.
So my question is, is my second sentence above actually wrong? Or is it grammatically incorrect to be a sentence? ( in my second sentence I took "raise" as like "lifted" not like "raised up" and even though the sentence might sound weird, I'd like to know if it's grammatically fine.)

Thanks for your help! :)

Question

Rearrange words and make a sentence?
Hi! I was doing an English drill and there was this one, where I was supposed to put given words in order and make a sentence.

It said :
The entertainer was happily ＿ ＿ ＿ ＿ ＿ up in the air.

Words : arms / her / raised / singing / with

And I came up with 2 sentences

1. The entertainer was happily singing with her arms raised up in the air.
2. The entertainer was raised singing with her arms up in the air.

And the correct answer was the 1st one. 
So my question is, is my second sentence above actually wrong? Or is it grammatically incorrect to be a sentence? ( in my second sentence I took "raise" as like "lifted" not like "raised up" and even though the sentence might sound weird, I'd like to know if it's grammatically fine.)

Thanks for your help! :)

Answer

The second sentence is grammatically correct.

With a little work, we can invent a situation in which it makes sense.

"The musical comedy's producer used all of the stage machinery at his disposal. For the song 'Fly Like a Seagull,' Ms. Christensen stood on a platform hidden below stage under a trapdoor. The entertainer was raised singing with her arms up in the air. As the song proceeded, she gracefully dipped and lifted her arms, while the platform raised and lowered her, creating a surprisingly effective illusion of soaring."

Answer

"The entertainer was raised singing with her arms up in the air."

Its not grammatically wrong, but it just doesn't make sense (or if it would and you would see one, would just look silly) . An entertainer would usually sing with her arms raised up in the air, not raised up while singing and her hands up

Answer

Number 1 is correct. 
Number 2: you can not say "raised singing". Her arms were raised in the air, not the singer herself.
You could say, "The entertainer was HAPPILY singing with her arms raised in the air."

Answer

I'm guessing they wanted #1 because it requires the least amount of grammatical pretzel twisting unless one is advanced.

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