Past tense of keep
The past simple of keep is kept and the past participle is kept: keep – kept – kept.
- Base form V1
- keep
- Past simple V2
- kept
- Past participle V3
- kept
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Meaning of keep
To retain possession of something instead of returning, selling, or discarding it
- ExampleYou can keep this copy.
Keep, kept, kept in sentences
- Past simpleShe kept the letter in a box.
- Past participleI have kept all his emails.
Common mistakes
keepedkept. Keep is irregular, so it does not take -ed.
Similar verbs
Past simple and past participle the same, like keep: have, make, think, say, find, feel, tell, buy.
Common questions
What is the past tense of keep?
Kept. For example: She kept the letter in a box.
What is the past participle of keep?
Kept. It follows have in the perfect tenses, as in I have kept all his emails.
Is keep a regular verb?
No. Keep is irregular: its past forms do not end in -ed.
