What tense is is?

Answer 1

"Tense" in grammar is a formal characteristic of verbs, usually expressed by alternative forms of the verbs by inflection of the root form of a verb and/or compounding the root form with at least one additional word. In English, tense indicates the following characteristics of the meaning of verbs:

1. The time, compared to the time of speaking or writing, of the action or state of being expressed by the verb, that is, present, past, or future.

2. Whether the action or state of being described in item 1 above is, at the time stated in item 1: complete, as in a perfect tense; definitely ongoing, as in a progressive tense; or may be either complete or ongoing, as in a simple tense.

3. Whether the action is definite, as in a simple tense, or only possible, as in a conditional tense.

Answer 2

The word tense means taut, tight, or rigid, like a tense muscle.

Answer 3

Is is the present tense.