Summary of tense points from today’s lesson:

过去式:

1. A 了 in a sentence usually signifies a change in situation or an action that took place in the past as in:

我吃饭了.

2. Using a time word within the sentence also allows us to describe the tense as in:

我昨天去看我的朋友
我最近很忙.

现在式:

3. Here are some examples of present tense sentences:

我吃饭
我在吃饭

未来式

4. Here are some examples of future tense sentences:

我要吃饭
我要吃饭了
我会吃饭
我最近会很忙.