Which verb is in the basic future tense? Don will be baking a pie next Thursday. Don will have baked a pie by next Thursday. Don will have been baking for two days by Thursday. Don will bake a pie next Thursday.
The answer is, "Don will bake a pie next Thursday". Simple future tense only includes the words will or shall + the base form of the verb. In the sentence, it uses will plus the base form of the verb, bake. The rest of the choices are using different tenses of the verb.
