Barishal Cadet College 2026

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the forms of some of the words. You may need to use one word more than once.

Love for power is inherent (a) ______ human nature. Everyone wishes to have power and to exercise it (b) ______ others. Power (c) ______ comes (d) ______ the possession of wealth or learning or any high office. It is (e) ______ to have some kind of power. He who has power, is feared, obeyed and respected. It is for this reason that power is sought by (f) ______ individual as well as by (g) ______ nation. To love power for its own sake is bad, it then becomes the root of all evils. To carry love of anything to (h) ______ excess leads only to (i) ______. So, this love of power should also be kept within (j) ______ bounds.

Make five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below.

Change the sentences according to directions.

(a) As soon as I closed my eyes, I fell asleep. (Negative)

(b) By applying the law properly, we can get rid of it. (Complex)

(c) We have to create social awareness to fight against corruption. (Compound)

(d) No other man in the village is as wise as he. (Affirmative)

(e) Facebook gives pleasure but we cannot get freedom to use it. (Simple)

(f) A corrupt man can do anything against morality. (Complex)

(g) Had I been rich! (Assertive)

(h) I have got a very nice gift for you. (Exclamatory)

(i) She helped those who were helpless. (Simple)

(j) You never drink coffee. (Interrogative)

Make tag questions of these statements.

(a) Reading books is a good habit, ______?

(b) Everybody knows that books are our best friends, ______?

(c) Our knowledge increases when we read books, ______?

(d) We can hardly gather knowledge without reading books, ______?

(e) What we need is to read good books, ______?