Question

The army was led _ the city​

Answer 1

The army was led into the city​.

Explanation:

• The above sentence will be completed by the preposition 'into'.

• This is because an army will be able to enter a city hence, we use the preposition 'into' to complete the sentence.

• In the English Grammar, prepositions can be described as words that are used for connecting.

• Prepositions are very common words line 'into' being used for the above mentioned sentence.

Answer 2

Preposition

The army was led _ the city

Answer:

• The army was led into the city.

Explanation:

• 'Into' is a preposition.

• A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation with some other word in the sentence. Example: The tiger ran into the forest.

• Here 'into' plays the role of 'position within', because the army was led into the city. Therefore the preposition 'into' is correct for the blank space.