What Will Be Happening?
Future Continuous
Use the future continuous to discuss an activity that will be happening at a specific point in time in the future.
Positive Form:
Subject + will + be + verb + ing + (object(s))
Green Bay Bank will be offering deferred payments on mortgages for the month of December.
Negative Form:
Subject + will + not + be + verb + ing + (object(s))
The year-end inventory won't take place until January of next year.
Question Form:
(Question Word) + will + subject + be + gerund form of verb?
Example:
Will this stock be trading in the after-hours market?
NOTE: All subjects take 'will be'
In many cases, the future continuous form (will be doing) is substituted by the future with 'going to' or the present continuous. The future continuous stresses the action that will be occurring at a precise moment. However, these three future forms convey the same idea with little or no change in meaning.
Example:
I'll be meeting Jack tomorrow at 10. - I'm meeting Jack tomorrow at 10 OR I'm going to meet. Jack tomorrow at 10.
Time expressions for Future Continuous
Here are some of the most common time expressions used with the future continuous:
this time next month / year / week
at + time
in X time
The gross yield on a real estate investment may be going up in the next few quarters.
He will be thinking about the gross yield next month.