Verb to keep

Simple Forms

Basic Forms

Infinitive
to keep

Imperative
keep
let's keep
keep

Present Participle
keeping

Past Participle
kept

Indicative:

Present

I keep
you keep
he/she/it keeps
we keep
you keep
they keep

Compound Forms

Indicative

Present continuous

I am keeping
you are keeping
he/she/it is keeping
we are keeping
you are keeping
they are keeping

Present perfect

I have kept
you have kept
he/she/it has kept
we have kept
you have kept
they have kept

Future

I will keep
you will keep
he/she/it will keep
we will keep
you will keep
they will keep

Future Perfect

I will have kept
you will have kept
he/she/it will have kept
we will have kept
you will have kept
they will have kept

Past continuous

I was keeping
you were keeping
he/she/it was keeping
we were keeping
you were keeping
they were keeping

Past perfect

I had kept
you had kept
he/she/it had kept
we had kept
you had kept
they had kept

Future continuous

I will be keeping
you will be keeping
he/she/it will be keeping
we will be keeping
you will be keeping
they will be keeping

Present perfect continuous

I have been keeping
you have been keeping
he/she/it has been keeping
we have been keeping
you have been keeping
they have been keeping

Past perfect continuous

I had been keeping
you had been keeping
he/she/it had been keeping
we had been keeping
you had been keeping
they had been keeping

Future perfect continuous

I will have been keeping
you will have been keeping
he/she/it will have been keeping
we will have been keeping
you will have been keeping
they will have been keeping

Basic Forms

Infinitive
not to keep

Imperative
do not keep
let's not keep
do not keep

Present Participle
not keeping

Past Participle
not kept

Present

I do not keep
you do not keep
he/she/it does not keep
we do not keep
you do not keep
they do not keep

Past

I did not keep
you did not keep
he/she/it did not keep
we did not keep
you did not keep
they did not keep

Present continuous

I am not keeping
you are not keeping
he/she/it is not keeping
we are not keeping
you are not keeping
they are not keeping

Present perfect

I have not kept
you have not kept
he/she/it has not kept
we have not kept
you have not kept
they have not kept

Future

I will not keep
you will not keep
he/she/it will not keep
we will not keep
you will not keep
they will not keep

Future Perfect

I will not have kept
you will not have kept
he/she/it will not have kept
we will not have kept
you will not have kept
they will not have kept

Past continuous

I was not keeping
you were not keeping
he/she/it was not keeping
we were not keeping
you were not keeping
they were not keeping

Past perfect

I had not kept
you had not kept
he/she/it had not kept
we had not kept
you had not kept
they had not kept

Future continuous

I will not be keeping
you will not be keeping
he/she/it will not be keeping
we will not be keeping
you will not be keeping
they will not be keeping

Present perfect continuous

I have not been keeping
you have not been keeping
he/she/it has not been keeping
we have not been keeping
you have not been keeping
they have not been keeping

Past perfect continuous

I had not been keeping
you had not been keeping
he/she/it had not been keeping
we had not been keeping
you had not been keeping
they had not been keeping

Future perfect continuous

I will not have been keeping
you will not have been keeping
he/she/it will not have been keeping
we will not have been keeping
you will not have been keeping
they will not have been keeping

Indicative:

Present

do I keep ?
do you keep ?
does he/she/it keep ?
do we keep ?
do you keep ?
do they keep ?

Past

did I keep ?
did you keep ?
did he/she/it keep ?
did we keep ?
did you keep ?
did they keep ?

Indicative

Present continuous

am I keeping ?
are you keeping ?
is he/she/it keeping ?
are we keeping ?
are you keeping ?
are they keeping ?

Present perfect

have I kept ?
have you kept ?
has he/she/it kept ?
have we kept ?
have you kept ?
have they kept ?

Future

will I keep ?
will you keep ?
will he/she/it keep ?
will we keep ?
will you keep ?
will they keep ?

Future Perfect

will I have kept ?
will you have kept ?
will he/she/it have kept ?
will we have kept ?
will you have kept ?
will they have kept ?

Past continuous

was I keeping ?
were you keeping ?
was he/she/it keeping ?
were we keeping ?
were you keeping ?
were they keeping ?

Past perfect

had I kept ?
had you kept ?
had he/she/it kept ?
had we kept ?
had you kept ?
had they kept ?

Future continuous

will I be keeping ?
will you be keeping ?
will he/she/it be keeping ?
will we be keeping ?
will you be keeping ?
will they be keeping ?

Present perfect continuous

have I been keeping ?
have you been keeping ?
has he/she/it been keeping ?
have we been keeping ?
have you been keeping ?
have they been keeping ?

Past perfect continuous

had I been keeping ?
had you been keeping ?
had he/she/it been keeping ?
had we been keeping ?
had you been keeping ?
had they been keeping ?

Future perfect continuous

will I have been keeping ?
will you have been keeping ?
will he/she/it have been keeping ?
will we have been keeping ?
will you have been keeping ?
will they have been keeping ?

See also verbs with similar meaning: keep abreast, keep an eye on, keep apart, keep away, keep back, more ...

Definitions:

- Prevent (food) from rotting
- Stick to correctly or closely
- Maintain by writing regular records
- Supply with necessities and support
- Hold and prevent from leaving
- Retain possession of
- Look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
- Maintain for use and service
- Have as a supply
- Store or keep customarily
- Retain rights to
- Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- Keep under control; keep in check
- Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
- Behave as expected during of holidays or rites
- Conform one's action or practice to
- Supply with room and board
- Raise
- Keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"
- Continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- Maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
- Fail to spoil or rot

Examples:

- Keep potatoes fresh
- I cannot keep track of all my employees
- Keep notes
- There's little to earn and many to keep
- The student was kept after school
- She kept her maiden name after she married
- He keeps the shop when I am gone
- She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips
- She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator
- Where do you keep your gardening tools?
- Keep open the possibility of a merger
- This garment retains its shape even after many washings
- Keep your cool
- Keep the child from eating the marbles
- Observe Yom Kippur
- We kept to the original conditions of the contract
- Keep boarders
- He keeps bees
- The students keep me on my toes
- We went on working until well past midnight
- May God keep you
- These potatoes keep for a long time

Simple Forms

Basic Forms

Indicative:

Present

Past

Compound Forms

Past Participle

Indicative

Present continuous

Present perfect

Future

Future Perfect

Past continuous

Past perfect

Future continuous

Present perfect continuous

Past perfect continuous

Future perfect continuous

Basic Forms

Present

Past

Past Participle

Present continuous

Present perfect

Future

Future Perfect

Past continuous

Past perfect

Future continuous

Present perfect continuous

Past perfect continuous

Future perfect continuous

Indicative:

Present

Past

Indicative

Present continuous

Present perfect

Future

Future Perfect

Past continuous

Past perfect

Future continuous

Present perfect continuous

Past perfect continuous

Future perfect continuous

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