This expression means staying composed in a difficult situation.
The idea
Use keep calm to describe remaining calm. The past of keep is kept.
Examples
- Keep calm during the interview.
- The driver kept calm in heavy traffic.
- We kept calm when the lights went out.
- Can you keep calm under pressure?
- She kept calm despite the difficult questions.
- He took a deep breath to keep calm.
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Watch out
Do not say keep calmly to mean remain calm: the adjective calm describes the person.
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Choose the missing word. I will ___ calm during the test. (keep / kept)
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keep
keep is the base form after will.
Choose the missing word. They ___ calm during the storm yesterday. (kept / keep)
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kept
kept places the event yesterday.
Choose the missing word. Please keep ___ while we solve this. (calm / calmly)
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calm
calm describes the person’s state.
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Choose the missing word. I will ___ calm during the test. (keep / kept)
Choose the missing word. They ___ calm during the storm yesterday. (kept / keep)
Choose the missing word. Please keep ___ while we solve this. (calm / calmly)
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Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe a situation in which you kept calm.