Play is present tense. The third person singular conjugation is plays.
Examples:
The boys play games when the get home from school. Dave plays a video game, and Seth plays a card game.
It is present tense.
It is a continuous form of the present tense. "He plays football."
plays is a present tense and its past tense is played.
Present tense.
Past tense - I played. Present tense - I/you/we/they play. He/she/it plays.
No, plays is a present tense :) If you want to know the past tense of "play", it's "played" :)
The simple present tense is:I/You/We/They play.He/She/It plays.-----"was playing" is a Past Continuous; the equivalent Present Continuous is "is playing".
play or plays They play backgammon. The doctors play backgammon She plays back gammon The doctor plays backgammon
The verb is is the present tense.
Plays are always in the present tense. That's how they work.
The past tense of did is did. The present tense of did is do. The future tense of did is will do.
It's the simple present tense. (third person singular)