WTS:The 1-form $dx_i(v)=v_i$ is a basis for the space of all one forms, Hom($\mathbb{R}^n,\mathbb{R})$.
The proof for linear independence:
Let $c_1dx_1+c_2dx_2 +......+c_ndx_n$ $=0$ (where it is the zero function, because we are considering the space of all one forms and the 0 function is a one form). We would like to show that $c_1=c_2=....=c_n =0$. Since the LHS and RHS are both function, and are in the dual space, and $dx_i$ is in the dual space, it follows that if we take the the standard basis $e_i$ for some i $\in \mathbb{N}$ then the LHS will give us $c_i=0$.