Note: your teacher will grade your responses to question 33 to ensure you receive proper credit for your answers. Explain what has to happen when you use être instead of avoir for the formation of the passé compose? (4 points)
When using être instead of avoir for the formation of the passé compose, certain verbs require that the subject of the sentence agrees in gender and number with the past participle. This means that the past participle of the verb needs to match the gender and number of the subject. This agreement is necessary because the verb être is a verb of movement or change of state and these verbs are conjugated with être in the passé compose. Therefore, when using être, the past participle needs to agree with the subject in gender and number to maintain grammatical correctness.
