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.
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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.'