The form keep + -ing is not a tense. It is a verb pattern, meaning you have a verb (keep) which is followed by an -ing form. You can change the tense of the verb to make it, for example, past tense (kept) but the pattern remains the same: kept + -ing.
There's an explanation of this in the The past and the present section on our Talking about the past page. If you have any questions after reading that, please feel free to ask us.
Hi guys! Thank you for this useful activity Actually, I have a question, in task 4, I don´t get it which is the difference between 1 and 4 because in the 4 question "keep" does not take S
I don't know what is the name of this tense "keep +ing"
And what is the difference between past continuous and past simple in usages
Hello S.A.,
The form keep + -ing is not a tense. It is a verb pattern, meaning you have a verb (keep) which is followed by an -ing form. You can change the tense of the verb to make it, for example, past tense (kept) but the pattern remains the same: kept + -ing.
You can read more about verb patterns here:
verbs followed by the -ing form
verbs followed by the infinitive
verb patterns
For information on the past simple and past continuous take a look at this page:
past simple
past continuous
past simple and continuous
After you've read that, if you have any questions please post them on that page and we'll try to help.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Abdullahomer,
There's an explanation of this in the The past and the present section on our Talking about the past page. If you have any questions after reading that, please feel free to ask us.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello pineda08,
I'm not completely sure that I understand your question.
In question 1 the answer is 'keeps eating' because the subject is 'he', which is a third-person form and so the verb ends in 's'.
In question 4 the answer is 'keep talking' because the subject is 'you', which is a second-person form and so the verb does not end in 's'.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team