Choose the correct word from the options given below to complete the following passage.
Puppets are among the (a) _____ human made objects in (b) _____ world. Archaeologists in Egypt and India have (c) _____ jointed clay models that are operated by pulling (d) _____ strings, which date back to 4,000 years. Historians tell us that puppets (e) _____ created by nearly all peoples at all times. The first puppets (f) _____ probably used mostly by adults. Tribal peoples, such as Native Americans, (g) _____ the puppets to represent people or animals (h) _____ religious rituals.
(a) (i) older (ii) elder (iii) oldest (iv) old
(b) (i) a (ii) an (iii) any (iv) the
(c) (i) find (ii) found (iii) finding (iv) fond
(d) (i) their (ii) there (iii) it's (iv) its
(e) (i) has been (ii) is (iii) was (iv) have been
(f) (i) was (ii) were (iii) has been (iv) had been
(g) (i) using (ii) used (iii) were using (iv) had used
(h) (i) of (ii) among (iii) in (iv) at
