Question

When I stepped ____ the lift, I found it had stopped working.

Fill in the blank with a preposition.​

Answer 1

When I stepped into the lift

Answer 2

The correct preposition would be ‘into’.

Hence, the sentence would be ‘When I stepped into the lift, I found it had stopped working’.

The preposition ‘into’ is used when there is a movement of the object.

If it is either going in or being put inside but is not already present there beforehand then it is appropriate to use ‘into’ instead of ‘in’.