TO KEEP, ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICES

Tense Active Passive voice Active sentence Passive equival

voice

Simple present keep is kept I keep the butter in the fridge. The butter is kep

Present continuous is keeping is being kept John is keeping my house tidy. My house is bein

Simple past kept was kept Mary kept her schedule meticulously. Mary's schedule

Past continuous was was being The theater was keeping a seat for you. A seat was being
keeping kept

Present perfect have kept have been I have kept all your old letters. All your old letter
kept

Past perfect had kept had been kept He had kept up his training regimen for a month. His training regim
month.

Simple Future will keep will be kept Mark will keep the ficus. The ficus will be

Conditional would keep would be kept If you told me, I would keep your secret. If you told me, yo
Present

Conditional Past would have would have I would have kept your bicycle here if you had Your bicycle wou
kept been kept left it with me. you had left it wit

Present Infinitive to keep to be kept She wants to keep the book. The book wants

Perfect Infinitive to have to have been Judy was happy to have kept the puppy. The puppy was h
kept kept
Tense Active Passive voice Active sentence Passive equival
voice

Present Participle keeping being kept I have a feeling that you may be keeping a I have a feeling t
& Gerund secret. kept.

Perfect Participle having kept having been Having kept the bird in a cage for so long, Jade The bird, having
kept wasn't sure it could survive in the wild. long, might not s