Just a summary contrasting both expressions:
WILL
1. Decision just made
Oh, there is a fire: I’ll call the police immediately!
2. Predictions about the future (Science, weather forecast, fortune teller…)
We’ll have sun and fine weather tomorrow.
3. Opinion (I think…/In my opinion,…/I’m sure…/I’m afraid…)
I’m sure you’ll pass; don’t worry!
4. Offers
I’ll help you with your homework.
Sigue leyendo
Some reported speech exercises (with grammar explanations) for you to practice. Some of them can be checked online and some are in PDF format.
•englisch-hilfen (online; graduated from the easiest to the most difficult)
•perfect-english-grammar (online and pdf; ordered by difficulty) Sigue leyendo
After certain verbs we use the -ing form, and after other verbs we use the to-infinitive. Sometimes we can use either form and there is a change in meaning. Occasionally we can use either form and there is no change in meaning.
So what’s the rule for whether we use the -ing form or the infinitive?
Aquí tenéis un esquema básico de la formación y empleo del Pasado Simple y el Pasado Continuo (y una buena dosis de ejercicios, la mayoría online).
Past simple
Affirmative: S+INF+(e)d
Negative: S+didn’t+INF
Interrogative: did+S+INF?
El pasado simple se utiliza: Sigue leyendo
