In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘no improvement’.

The thieves brake into the house in absence of the landlord and escaped with everything they had collected from the house.

a)            No improvement

b)            The thieves had broken into the house

c)            The thieves broke into the house

d)            The thieves have been breaking into the house

Sol:

The given sentence is in past tense, so use correct past form of the verb ‘break into’, which is option c ‘the thieves broke into the house’.