Question

a child is often found to imitate___ elder smoking,___ holding a pencil___ her tiny fingers.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a child often immitate like elder smoking when holding a pencil in his/her tiny finger

Answer 2

A child is often found to imitate the elder smoking, while holding the pencil with her tiny fingers.

1. 'the' is an article which is used when you have to particularly introduce something.

2. 'while' is a linker which is used to connect the action of the child to that of the pencil she is holding.

3. 'with' is a preposition used to link the noun to the rest of the sentence.