نَظَرَ الطِّفْلُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ
The child looked at the sky.
يَنْظُرُ الطِّفْلُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ
The child looks at the sky.
The preposition إِلَى shows what the child looks toward. The pair remains نَظَرَ—يَنْظُرُ, with ḍammah on the middle radical of the present.