Polite Enquiries and Present Assumptions
Advanced usage:
ā¢ Polite Enquiries: "Will you be staying for dinner?" (Sounding like a casual question about plans rather than an invitation/pressure).
ā¢ Assumptions about Present: "Don't call now, they'll be having lunch." (Assumption that the action is in progress NOW).
ā¢ Matter-of-course events: Events that will happen anyway, independently of the speaker's will. ("I'll be seeing him tomorrow at work.")