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.

Try it yourself

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Choose the missing word. Nora kept ___ promise to send the file. (her / she)

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    her

    her shows whose promise it was.

Use it today

Describe a promise you kept and what you did.