Past simple and past participle
keep
Keep is an irregular verb: its past simple is kept and its past participle is kept.
- Base form
- keep
- Past simple
- kept
- Past participle
- kept
- Definition
- Have or retain possession of.
- Example
- “Return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files.”
- CEFR level
- A2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The past simple and the past participle are the same, like bring, brought, brought.