I'll get back to you about this by Friday at the l_____.

• A. Early
• B. Final
• C. Latest
• D. Soon

Answer: (C)

This asks you to choose a word that completes a deadline phrase in a natural, common way. When someone says “by Friday at the ___,” the phrase that fits best is “latest” because it expresses the final possible time you can wait for something. “At the latest” is a standard idiom used to set an absolute cutoff, meaning there should be no delay beyond Friday. The other options don’t carry that same meaning: “early” would point to before Friday, not the last moment; “final” can feel heavier or incomplete without the common idiom; “soon” is vague and doesn’t specify a latest time around Friday. So, “latest” fits the intent and sounds natural in everyday English: “I'll get back to you about this by Friday at the latest.”