Which words in the sentence is the object of the preposition? The audience was waiting, and then a funny clown walked onto the stage.
a. Stage
b. Clown
c. Audience
d. Waiting
The preposition here is "onto" and the object of this preposition is "Stage"/"the stage", so the correct answer is the first one.Audience is the subject of the sentence, and waiting is part of the verbal phrase.
