To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
Infinitivekeep
Past simplekept
Past participlekept
-ing formkeeping
Full conjugation of the English verb to keep (past simple kept,
past participle kept):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
keep
you
keep
he/she/it
keeps
we
keep
you
keep
they
keep
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
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 simple
I
kept
you
kept
he/she/it
kept
we
kept
you
kept
they
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
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 simple
I
will keep
you
will keep
he/she/it
will keep
we
will keep
you
will keep
they
will keep
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
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
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
Conditional
Present
I
would keep
you
would keep
he/she/it
would keep
we
would keep
you
would keep
they
would keep
Present continuous
I
would be keeping
you
would be keeping
he/she/it
would be keeping
we
would be keeping
you
would be keeping
they
would be keeping
Perfect
I
would have kept
you
would have kept
he/she/it
would have kept
we
would have kept
you
would have kept
they
would have kept
Perfect continuous
I
would have been keeping
you
would have been keeping
he/she/it
would have been keeping
we
would have been keeping
you
would have been keeping
they
would have been keeping
Subjunctive
Present
that I
keep
that you
keep
that he/she/it
keep
that we
keep
that you
keep
that they
keep
Past
if I
kept
if you
kept
if he/she/it
kept
if we
kept
if you
kept
if they
kept
Imperative
Affirmative
you
keep
we
let's keep
Negative
you
don't keep
we
let's not keep
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to keep
Perfect infinitive
to have kept
Present participle / gerund
keeping
Past participle
kept
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