phrasal verb · neutral
keep to
UK/kiːp tuː/US/kip tu/KEEP to
task2speaking
to follow or adhere to something (a plan, schedule, promise, or topic)
Examples
“Please keep to the word limit in your essay.”
“We must keep to the schedule if we want to finish on time.”
“Try to keep to the main point during your answer.”
Band 8 sentence
“For coherence, examiners expect candidates to keep to the question rather than drifting into unrelated points.”
Collocations
- keep to the schedule
- keep to the topic
Word family
keep to phrasal verbkept to verb (past)keeping to verb (gerund)
Common mistakes
Keep at the schedule.→Keep to the schedule.
She keeps to talk about many subjects.→She keeps to the main subject.
Say it for a higher band
5follow→6stick to→7+keep to
Synonyms
adhere to
stick to
Easily confused
stick to
“You should stick to the plan if you want consistent results.”
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