Participe Passé Employé Seul
What does the participle passé agree with when used alone?
The noun it describes.
What does the participle passé agree with when used with the auxiliary être?
The subject of the verb
When does the participle passé agree with the direct object when avoir is the auxiliary?
When the direct object is placed before the participle passé.
What is the primary rule for participle passé agreement with être?
It agrees with the subject in gender and number?
Correct the sentence: Les lettres que j’ai envoyer sont arrivées.
Les lettres que j’ai envoyées sont arrivées.
Complete the sentence: La voiture (voler) __________ a été retrouvée intacte.
Volée
Complete the sentence: Elles sont (arriver) __________ tôt ce matin.
Arrivées
Complete the sentence: Les livres que j’ai (lire) __________ sont intéressants.
Lus
What is the primary rule for participle passé agreement with avoir?
It only agrees with the direct object if the direct object goes before it.
Complete the sentence: La maison que nous avons (construire) __________ est magnifique.
construite
Give the correct participle passé for: Les feuilles (tomber) __________ sont rouges.
Tombées
Why does the participle passé in "Les fenêtres ouvertes" agree with "fenêtres"?
Because "ouvertes" agrees with the plural feminine subject "fenêtres"
Why does the participle passé in "Les pommes que j'ai mangées" agree with "pommes"?
Because "pommes" is the direct object and is placed before the participle passé.
Give an example where the participle passé agrees with the direct object using the noun "lettres" and the verb "envoyer".
Les lettres que j’ai envoyées.
Correct the sentence: Elles sont aller à l’école.
Elles sont allées à l’école.
True or False: A participle passé used alone never agrees with the noun it describes.
False
True or False: The participle passé always agrees with the subject when être is the auxiliary.
True
True or False: The participle passé always agrees with the subject when avoir is the auxiliary.
False
Give an example where the participle passé does not agree using the noun "film" and the verb "voir".
J'ai vu un film.
Complete the sentence: Les papiers (froisser) __________ jonchaient le sol.
froissés
Why does the participle passé in "Les portes fermées" agree with "portes"?
Because "fermées" acts as an adjective and agrees in gender and number with "portes".
Explain the agreement in the sentence: "Les fleurs sont plantées dans le jardin."
Because "plantées" agrees with the plural feminine subject "fleurs".
Explain the lack of agreement in "Le film que nous avons vu."
Because "film" is masculine and singular so an agreement is not necessary.
Explain the difference in agreement rules between être and avoir.
être always agrees with the subject, while avoir only agrees with the direct object if it goes before the participle.
Explain the rule used in: "Les filles que j’ai rencontrées sont gentilles."
The participle passé 'rencontrées' agrees with 'filles,' the direct object, because it is placed before the participle.