Multiple choice

The underlined portion of the following question has some errors. Five options are given below. Choose the correct option to improve the sentence. He was sleeping in his room when a thief entered into his house and took away a lot of things.

  1. No change needed.

  2. when a thief entered his house and took away a lot of things.

  3. when a thief entered his house and took off a lot of things.

  4. while a thief entered into his house and took away a lot of things.

  5. while a thief entered his house and took away a lot of things.

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Omission of 'into' rectifies the error. In the context 'entered' cannot be followed by 'into'.