Find the synonyms for the underlined word.
Children can learn how to handle paints and brushes by starting with simple drawings.
a)Touch
b)Hide
c)Manipulate
d)Be creative
e)Impede

Hint:Synonyms are words having similar meaning. ‘Handle’ means to control or know how to use anything.
Example – He knows how to handle such situations.

Complete answer:
a) Touch: To feel anything or anyone with your skin.
 Example – The cup was very hot to touch.
b) Hide: To conceal a person/ thing/ any topic of discussion etc. from someone/ or a group of people.
 Example – The game was to hide the object in the room so that others could find it.
c) Manipulate: To take control over something or someone and order it/ him/ her to do activities in a told way.
Example – Her manipulative nature distanced her from her friends.
d)Be Creative: To have a tendency to innovate and make new things in the form of art, literature or any other field.
Example – We were told to be creative for our science projects.
e)Impede: To prevent or delay any activity from happening on time or happening at all.
Example – His negligence caused the party to impede.

 Hence the synonym for ‘handle’ is ‘manipulate’.

Note:Handle and Manipulate are synonyms because both of them means to control someone or something in a self-desired manner.