Emotions & feelings
keep the energy up
maintain a lively atmosphere
To maintain an active, enthusiastic, and positive atmosphere.
Hear it in real life
Why did you change the activity?
We needed something different to keep the energy up.
The teacher played a short game to keep the energy up.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We play a game to keep up the energies.
Say: We play a game to keep the energy up.
This phrase uses “energy” as an uncountable noun.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
keep the energy up; kept the energy up
Your turn: say it out loud
The teacher played a short game to keep the energy up.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
keep the energy up
maintain a lively atmosphere
“The teacher played a short game to keep the energy up.”
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