Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence:
After the storm comes the calm.

Adverb

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Noun

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Preposition

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Conjunction

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Solution

The correct option is D Preposition
A preposition is a word that links a noun, pronoun and a noun phrase. After is the word that links nouns i.e. storm and calm. Hence it is a preposition.

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