Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Finally they have evolved a complicated system of writing which originally had its origin in picture-characters, but afterwards had been developed along phonetic lines.

Finally they have evolved a complicated system of writing which originally had its origin in picture-characters, but afterwards had been developed along phonetic lines.

Finally they have evolved a complicated system of writing which originally had its origin in picture-characters, but afterwards was developed along phonetic lines.

Finally they evolved a complicated system of writing which originally had its origin in picture-characters, but afterwards had been developed along phonetic lines.

Finally they evolved a complicated system of writing which originally had its origin in picture-characters, but afterwards had developed along phonetic lines.

Finally they have evolved a complicated system of writing which originally had its origin in picture-characters, but afterwards had developed along phonetic lines.