Hearing these strange noise above, the thought at once occurred to me that thieves had entered the house.

Options

A. No error
B. the thought at once occurred to me
C. that thieves had entered the house
D. Hearing these strange noises above

Answer

D

Explanation

hear (V.) : static verb (verb of perception), not used in the Progressive Tenses. Hence, listening (to) the strange noise is the right usage make noises : to talk in an indirect way about some thing