RECAP OF FUTURE FORMS

There is no future tense in English.

But there are different forms we can use to talk about the future.

1 – Modals + V
They are used to express predictions or probabilities based on your opinions or what you know.
The next Olympic Games will be in London.
The room will be redecorated.
Will you be 5 in September?
He might come over tomorrow.

2 – Be going to + V
It is used for  predictions based on tangible facts, evidence in the present.
It's going to snow again soon.
He's stuck in traffic, he's going to miss his plane.

 intentions or plans.
I'm going to look for a new place to live next month.
we're going to visit Spain next year.

3 – Present Progressive
It is used for plans, usually when you have made arrangements.
I'm taking the train for Paris tomorrow.
We're having a meeting next Monday.

Here is a diagram you might use to help you sort things out between those 3 forms.

Prediction or Intention / Plans?

Prediction Intention / plans

based on based on arrangements have

no arrangements
opinions or tanglible facts? have been made? been made?
feelings?

Present
modal be going to be going to Progressive
4 – the Present Simple
It is used when there is a clear or fixed schedule or timetable.
The train arrives at 11.04.
Her birthday falls on a Friday next year.

5 – Will + be +Ving (sometimes called Future Progressive)

It is used  for an event that will be in progress at a particular time in the future.
This time tomorrow, I'll be flying to Australia.
She won't be working on Tuesday.

 to talk about something that will happen if everything happens as we expect.

This is sometimes called "future as a matter of course".
It's usually possible to use will alone instead, but we often choose the future
progressive because then it's clear that we are not making a request or offer.
When will you be leaving?
We'll be studying physics next month.
The government will be making a statement later.

6 – Will + have +Ved (sometimes called Future Perfect)

It is used when we look back to the past from a point in the future.
Next month, my parents will have been together for 40 years.
Do you think she'll have seen the doctor by 4 o'clock?

7 - phrases / expressions
to be bound to / to be to / to be likely to / to be about to / to be certain to…

Be careful!
Will can also be used with its radical meaning.
 willingness, goodwill or acceptance (unwillingness / refusal in the negative form).
Will you join us for dinner?
I'm trying to get in but the door won't open!
Mind your back, I'll carry these bags for you.
(The phone is ringing.) I'll answer!

 about intrinsic, inherent features of somebody or something.

At that time, he will be in his office.
She will listen to music, all alone for hours.
In such a situation, dogs will bite but cats won't.
Water will boil at 100°C.

These are not future forms, they don't necessarily refer to future events. But unfortunately, they are
often taught as future forms in grammar books with confusing explanations such as "a decision made
at the moment of speaking" or so.