We use the future continuous, will + be + present participle,

  • to talk about events that will be in progress at a particular time or over a period of time in the future,
  • to talk about events that will happen in the normal course of things, and
  • to politely enquire about a person's plans for the future.

We use be + to-infinitive to talk about future events which involve instruction or necessity.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-22/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-10/session-1

The future perfect continuous, will + have + been + present participle, emphasises that an action or a repeating series of actions started before a time in the future and is still happening at that time in the future.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-30/session-2/activity-3

Different ways of talking about the future.

  • will for statements about the future, for predictions about the future, and for instant decisions made at the time of speaking.
  • be going to for present situations that extend into the future, for predictions based on present, physical evidence, and for plans.
  • on the verge/brink of for events that are going to happen very soon.
  • be about to for events that will happen in the near future.
  • be sure/bound to for events we are confident will happen.
  • be to for talking about the future in formal way.
  • be due to for scheduled events.
  • present simple for timetabled future events.
  • present continuous for arrangements.
  • future continuous for activities which are in progress at a future time.
  • future perfect for actions completed before a specific future time.
  • normal verbs with a future meaning like hope, plan, aim, intend, arrange, decide, etc.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-17/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-24/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-2/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-24/session-4

We use will to make predictions about the future when we are certain that something is going to happen.

We use be going to when our prediction is based on a present situation or evidence.

We use might to show future posibility.

We use be likely to when we think something will happen, but we are not certain.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-28/session-2/activity-3

We use might, may or could to talk about the possibility of something in the present or the future, when we are making a guess about a present situation, or we aren't sure if something will happen in the future.

We use might not and may not to talk about negative possibility. We don't use counld not in the same way as might not and may not. Could not means that something is impossible.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-16/session-2/activity-3

We can use the present continuous, be + present participle, to talk about the future when we have already arranged to do something.

We can use be + going + to-infinitive to talk about something that we have decided to do in the future, but not arranged yet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-9/session-2/activity-3