Answering is the present participle of the verb "answer".
The present tense of answer is:I/You/We/They answer.He/She/It answers.The present participle is answering.
Not necessarily. There's nothing wrong with answering a question with a different tense. It all depends on what the answer to the question is. Examples: Do you have five dollars that I can borrow? I had five dollars, but I spent it on coffee. (past tense) I do not have five dollars. (present tense)
'is' is a present tense
The verb is is the present tense.
Present perfect tense.
Here are some examples of using a verb in the present tense: I am answering your question. (I am doing it right now, in the present.) David and Michael are waiting for the bus. (They are waiting now, in the present.) I like your new shirt. (I just saw you, and I am saying this to you now, in the present.)
It was, (past tense) it is, (present tense) it will be( future tense)
The past tense of did is did. The present tense of did is do. The future tense of did is will do.
has is present tense, had is past tense
"you do" is present tense. The past tense is "you did" and the future tense is "you will do".
No 'is' is present tense. am/is/are = present tense was/were = past tense
it's present tense actually