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.

But when, after much searching, a couple of buckets was found and filled from the well, it was discovered that they could not be passed through the bars, which were set too close.

after much searching, a couple of buckets was found and filled from the well, it was discovered that they could not be passed through the bars, which

after many searchings, a couple of buckets were found and filled from the well, it was discovered that they could not be passed through the bars, which

after much searching, a couple of buckets were found and filled from the well, it was discovered they could not be passed through the bars, which

after much searching, a couple of buckets were found and filled from the well, it was discovered that they could not be passed through the bars, which

after much searching, a couple of buckets was found and filled from the well, it was discovered that they could not be passed through the bars, they