Question

Read the two sentences and choose the correct option:
1. Can you imagine his forgetting his own birthday?
2. Can you imagine him forgetting his own birthday?

• A. The first sentence is correct
• B. The second sentence is correct
• C. Both sentences are correct
• D. Both sentences are wrong

Hint:

Check whether the same person's possessive form gets used twice in one sentence.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

This question tests whether you can spot an awkward possessive-plus-gerund construction. Read both lines again before picking an option.

1. Option A (first sentence is correct): sentence 1 uses "his forgetting" and then "his own birthday" right after, so the same possessive shows up twice for one person. That repetition sounds forced, so this option does not hold up.
2. Option B (second sentence is correct): sentence 2 uses "him" as the object of "imagine" and keeps "his own birthday" only once, in its natural place. The sentence reads smoothly and matches how English speakers actually phrase this idea.
3. Option C (both are correct): this cannot be right since sentence 1 has the repeated possessive problem described above.
4. Option D (both are wrong): this fails too, because sentence 2 has no error at all.

So the second sentence is the one that reads correctly, which points straight to option B.

Let's summarize:

• Avoid stacking two possessive forms for the same person in one sentence.
• "Imagine him doing something" is the standard, natural phrasing.

Once you spot the repeated possessive in sentence 1, the answer becomes clear.