Conjugation of the verb keep in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb keep in English.

Conjugation of the verb keep in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • 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

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb keep in the past tenses

Simple past

  • 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

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb keep in the futur tenses

Future

  • 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

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to keep

Present participle

  • keeping

Past participle

  • kept

Perfect Participle

  • having kept

The imperative in English, for the verb to keep

Imperative

  • keep
  • let's keep
  • keep

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