Question

the village was destroyed ......... fire​

Answer 1

ANSWER:

The village was destroyed by fire.

EXPLANATION:

Prepositions are the words that precede with noun or pronoun to show the relation with other element in the clause. ‘at’, ‘on’,’of’ etc are some of them.  

• ‘at’ is used when the reference is with respect to locations.
• ‘in’ is used with reference to unspecific times during years, days, hours etc.
• ‘with’ is used with reference to indicate being involved or being together.
• ‘of’ is used with reference to ‘belonging to’ or ‘related to’.
• ‘by’ is used with reference to ‘close’ , ‘next to’, ‘alone’ .

The given sentence will be apt for the preposition ‘by’ as fire is close to the village.

Answer 2

---> The village was destroyed by fire.