A present tense verb is an action word that tells you what the subject is doing right now, in the present. For example, “He walks to the store.” uses the present tense of the verb “walk” and tells you “he” is in the process of getting to the store on foot now.

What tense is the verb was?

The words “was” and “were” are past tense forms of the verb “to be,” a word English speakers use more often than they realize. Whenever we use the terms are, is, am, was, were, be being, or been–– we are using the verb 'be' (to be).

Can was used in present tense?

Could is used for past and future instances, or sometimes in the present tense (although in the present tense it is normally describing a possibility or is part of a question). For example, She spoke so fast that I could not hear her, or, he could do it if he chooses to. In the present, we use can.