Kept telling - (keep + gerund)

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English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #19 "Adverbs and Gerunds", question 2

The policeman asked a lot of questions about the car and I kept telling him it was mine and I belonged it.

(a) about
(b) kept telling
(c) belonged

English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #19 "Adverbs and Gerunds", answer 2

The policeman asked a lot of questions about the car and I kept telling him it was mine and I owned it.

Correct entry: owned
The error was: (c) belonged
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kept telling

[Alan]

Hi,

She kept telling means she continued to tell/she didn't stop telling.

Alan
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