By the time you reach home, I _ the cake.
Correct answer: D. Will have been baking
- A. Will have baked
- B. Have baked
- C. Will be baking
- D. Will have been baking
Explanation
The correct answer is will have been baking. This tense, the future perfect continuous, is used to describe an action that will be ongoing and will have been in progress up until a certain point in the future. The phrase 'by the time you reach home' indicates a future point at which the action should be considered. The other options do not fit this context: 'will have baked' suggests completion without ongoing action, 'have baked' incorrectly uses the present perfect for a future context, and 'will be baking' indicates an action in progress but not necessarily completed by the future point.
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