Past participle agreement
CEFR B1 · part 1
edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.
When French needs the subjunctive (and when it does not)Forming the present subjunctive and, above all, knowing when it is not used even though…Reporting what someone saidTurning a sentence into reported speech, changing tense, person and time or place markers.Connectors that are not synonymsChoosing the connector that says what you mean, knowing that ones from the same list are…Obligation and prohibitionSaying that something is compulsory, forbidden, or simply not necessary.The adjective that changes meaningPlacing six adjectives before or after depending on the meaning, and reading correctly…tout, chaque, quelque, plusieursChoosing the right form of tout, and not pluralising what is always singular.The rule, in three lines
With être the participle always agrees with the subject. With avoir it agrees with nothing — unless the direct object comes before the verb.
The usual slip. Not agreeing at all, because English participles never change.
Why it catches you out. English participles are fixed forms and never change. You have no intuition to apply at all, so you leave everything masculine singular — even after être, which is the easy half.