Question

please read the passage and answers the questions

Answer 1

a)tom and john were very poor so they had to work hard for their living
b)The elder brother tom was a very good singer and the younger brother john was a painter.Tom used to sing songs and joh used to draw wonderful pictures and sell them.In this way they earned some money.
c)Tom had a pet dog.The dog always followed tom as he loved him very much.Tom also loved him
d)When tom was admitted in the hospital the dog would not leave him at any cost.He sat there beside his master's bed and refused to eat anything and became weak.
e)one day when john was playing the record of tom's song in the gramophone the dog recognizing his master's voice came near it.He thought that his master was singing inside the machine and that he would come out.
f)i) orphans
f)ii) surprise
g)i) weak
g)ii) near