Common EntranceEnglishParts of Speech

In the sentence 'She walked into the room', the word 'into' is a/an:

Aadverb
BprepositionCORRECT
Cverb
Dconjunction
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Why the answer is B, and why the others tempt you.
'Into' shows the position or direction of the action in relation to 'the room', so it is a preposition.
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