future, past, present
verb

use
form
The ‘-ed’ ending is used to form the past tense of regular verbs.

marker
the present tense marker ‘s’

in the … tense
In the sentence ‘I fed the cat’, ‘fed’ is in the past tense.

Tense is used with these nouns as the subject:
body, muscle, shoulder

Tense is used with these nouns as the object:
muscle

be, feel, look, seem, sound
become, get, grow
The situation grew increasingly tense.

remain

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
incredibly, particularly
increasingly
a little, slightly, etc.
I was feeling a little tense and restless.

visibly
Relations between the two leaders are visibly tense.

about
There's no point in getting tense about the situation.

Tense is used with these nouns:
atmosphere, meeting, minute, moment, muscle, shoulder, silence, situation