Keep past tense: The verb keep is an irregular verb. The past tense of keep is kept, and the past participle is also kept. The present participle of keep is keeping. Following are some common meanings and forms of the verb keep.
Meaning: 1. To hold onto something 2) To continue to do something 3) To take care of
Forms of Keep V1 V2 V3 (Pas & Past Participle)
| Infinitive | Present Form/V1 | Past Form/V2 | Past Participle/V3 | Present Participle of Keep |
| To keep | Keep (Third-person singular keeps) | Kept | Kept | keeping |
Keep Past Tense & Past Participle Conjugating Active Voice
Present Tense of Keep
- I/We keep
- He/She/It keeps
- You/They keep
Keep Past Simple Tense
- I/We kept
- He/She/It kept
- You/They kept
Future Simple Tense of Keep
- I/We will keep
- He/She/It will keep
- You/They will keep
Present Continuous Tense of Keep
- I am keeping
- He/She/It is keeping
- We/You/They are keeping
Keep Past Continuous Tense
- I was keeping
- He/She/It was keeping
- We/You/They were keeping
Future Continuous Tense
- I/We will be keeping
- He/She/It will be keeping
- You/They will be keeping
Present Perfect Tense of Keep
- I/We have kept
- He/She/It has kept
- You/They have kept
Keep Past Perfect
- I/We had kept
- He/She/It had kept
- You/They had kept
Future Perfect Tense of Keep
- I/We will have kept
- He/She/It will have kept
- You/They will have kept
Present Perfect Continuous
- I/We have been keeping
- He/She/It has been keeping
- You/The have been keeping
Past Perfect Continuous
- I/We had been keeping
- He/She/It had been keeping
- You/They had been keeping
Future Perfect Continuous
- I/We will have been keeping
- He/She/It will have been keeping
- You/They will have been keeping
Conjugating the Verb To keep Passive Voice
Present Simple
- I am kept
- He/She/It is kept
- We/You/They are kept
Past Simple
- I was kept
- He/She/It was kept
- We/You/They were kept
Future Simple
- I/We will be kept
- He/She/It will be kept
- You/They will be kept
Present Continuous
- I am being kept
- He/She/It is being kept
- We/You/They are being kept
Past Continuous Tense
- I was being kept
- He/She/It was being kept
- We/You/They were being kept
Future Continuous Tense
- I/We will be being kept
- He/She/It will be being kept
- You/They will be being kept
Present Perfect
- I/We have been kept
- He/She/It has been kept
- You/They have been kept
Past Perfect Tense
- I/We had been kept
- He/She/It had been kept
- You/They had been kept
Future Perfect Tense
- I/We will have been kept
- He/She/It will have been kept
- You/They will have been kept
Conjugating To keep Subjunctive Mood Active Voice
Present
- If I keep
- If we keep
- If you keep
- If he/she/it keep
- If they keep
Past
- If I kept
- If we kept
- If you kept
- If he/she/it kept
- If they kept
Future
- If I should keep
- If we should keep
- If you should keep
- If he/she/it should keep
- If they should keep
Conjugating To keep Subjunctive Mood Passive Voice
Present
- If I kept
- If we kept
- If you kept
- If he/she/it kept
- If they kept
Past
- If I were kept
- If we were kept
- If you were kept
- If he/she/it were kept
- If they were kept
Future
- If I should be kept
- If we should be kept
- If you should be kept
- If he/she/it should be kept
- If they should be kept
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