NOTE DE GRAMMAIRE –
Passé composé with être
To form the passé composé of some verbs, you use être instead of avoir as the helping verb. The verbs you’ve just learned follow this pattern, as do the verbs aller, tomber and arriver, to name a few.
Rentrer = to go back/re-enter
Je suis rentré(e) nous sommes rentré(e)(s)
Tu es rentré(e) vous êtes rentré(e)(s)
Il/elle/on est rentré(e)(s) ils/elles sont rentré(e)(s)
When you form the passé composé with être, the past participle MUST agree in gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural) with the subject, just like an adjective agrees with the noun it describes.
– If the subject of the verb is feminine, add an –e to the past participle.
– If the subject is feminine plural, add –es.
– If it’s masculine plural, add an –s.
Don’t forget that a compound subject with one masculine element is considered masculine plural.
Exercice:
1/ Je ________ _________ (went) au supermarché. [boy]
2/ Tu _________ __________ (fell) par terre. [girl]
3/ On __________ _____________ (came back) aux USA. [boys&girls]
4/ Vous __________ ___________ (were born) à Philadelphie. [girls]
5/ Ils ___________ _____________ (became) médecins.