Continue an activity with 続ける

Use 続ける to talk about keeping an activity going.

The idea

続ける is an ichidan transitive verb: mark the activity with を. Attach 続ける to a verb’s ます stem, as in 読み続ける, to say someone keeps doing that action.

Patterns to compare
Dictionary form	Polite non-past	Polite negative	Polite past	て form
続ける	続けます	続けません	続けました	続けて

私わたしは毎日まいにち日本語にほんごの勉強べんきょうを続つづけます。I continue studying Japanese every day.
彼女かのじょは休やすみの後あと、仕事しごとを続つづけました。She continued the work after the break.
来年らいねんはこのスポーツを続つづけません。I will not continue this sport next year.
父ちちはこの店みせで十年じゅうねん働はたらき続つづけています。My father has continued working at this shop for ten years.
その本ほんを読よみ続つづけてください。Please continue reading the book.
私わたしたちは夕方ゆうがたまで話はなし続つづけました。We continued talking until the evening.

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続ける means someone continues something; 続く is intransitive and describes something continuing. Do not attach 続ける to the て form.

Write the polite non-past form：＿。（続ける→ます）
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続けます
続けます is the polite non-past: remove る and add ます.
Write the て form：＿。（続ける→て）
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続けて
続けて is the て form: remove る and add て.
Choose the form that completes the sentence：本ほんを読よみ＿。（続けます／続きます）
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続けます
続けます fits after 読み, the ます stem of 読む; 読み続けます means “continue reading.”

Write a sentence about a habit you want to continue, using either a noun with を or a verb stem.