Keeping a promise means doing what you promised.
The idea
Use keep a promise for fulfilling a commitment. The past and past participle are kept.
Examples
- I kept my promise to call my grandfather.
- Maya keeps her promise to water the plants.
- We will keep our promise to help at the fair.
- The company kept its promise to repair the roof.
- Can you keep a promise when plans change?
- They have kept their promise to visit each month.
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Watch out
Do not use hold a promise for fulfilling it; making a promise is the earlier act.
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Choose the missing word. We will ___ our promise to deliver the chairs. (keep / hold)
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keep
keep follows will in the base form.
Choose the missing word. Alex ___ a promise to return the keys yesterday. (kept / keeps)
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kept
kept describes a completed action yesterday.
Choose the missing word. Nora kept ___ promise to send the file. (her / she)
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her
her shows whose promise it was.
Practice round
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Choose the missing word. We will ___ our promise to deliver the chairs. (keep / hold)
Choose the missing word. Alex ___ a promise to return the keys yesterday. (kept / keeps)
Choose the missing word. Nora kept ___ promise to send the file. (her / she)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe a promise you kept and what you did.