Question

Choose the option that fills in the blank with the most appropriate word:

By _____, the judge had declared the case closed. [Basic]

• A. then
• B. now
• C. here
• D. there

Answer 1

The correct option is A then

'There' is an adverb of place which gives a location relative to the speaker. There means away from or not with the speaker. 'Here' is also an adverb of place which gives a location near to the speaker. 'Now' is an adverb of time and shows the present time. 'Then' is used at a particular time in the past or in the future. The given example is the example of past tense and showing a particular time in the past.

Thus, option A is the correct answer out of all the options.