PSC SLE French Writing: Agreement and sentence heads

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1. Complétez : Voici les questions auxquelles nous avons ____.

   1. répondue
   2. répondus
   3. répondu
   4. répondues
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   Correct answer: répondu

   Répondre à takes an indirect object. Questions is therefore not a preceding direct object that could trigger participle agreement with avoir; répondu stays unchanged.

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2. Complétez : Le compte rendu et le budget sont ____.

   1. exact
   2. exacte
   3. exactes
   4. exacts
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   Correct answer: exacts

   The adjective describes two masculine singular nouns joined by et. Together they require masculine plural exacts.

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3. Complétez : Chaque responsable ____ sa fiche de présence.

   1. vérifie
   2. vérifient
   3. vérifies
   4. vérifions
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   Correct answer: vérifie

   Chaque responsable is singular, so the present-tense verb takes the third-person singular form vérifie.

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4. Complétez : Les trois demandes déjà approuvées ____ dans cette enveloppe.

   1. est
   2. sont
   3. êtes
   4. sommes
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   Correct answer: sont

   The subject is les trois demandes, third-person plural. Déjà approuvées modifies that subject without changing the required verb sont.

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5. Complétez : Les nouvelles procédures seront ____ lundi matin.

   1. publiées
   2. publiée
   3. publié
   4. publiés
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   Correct answer: publiées

   The passive participle agrees with procédures, a feminine plural subject: publiées. The three alternatives change either its gender or its number.

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6. Complétez : Ni Lina ni Maëlle ne ____ disponibles demain.

   1. est
   2. êtes
   3. sont
   4. sommes
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   Correct answer: sont

   Two different people are joined by ni... ni, and both are unavailable. The plural predicate adjective and verb are sont disponibles.

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7. Complétez : Les deux agentes sont ____ avant la présentation.

   1. arrivé
   2. arrivée
   3. arrivées
   4. arrivés
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   Correct answer: arrivées

   Arriver uses être here. The participle therefore agrees with the feminine plural subject les deux agentes, giving arrivées.

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8. Complétez : Le calendrier des inspections ____ affiché près de l’entrée.

   1. sont
   2. est
   3. êtes
   4. sommes
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   Correct answer: est

   The head of the subject is calendrier, not inspections. That singular head requires est affiché.

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9. Complétez : Les fiches de visite, nous les avons ____ par date.

   1. classées
   2. classé
   3. classée
   4. classés
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   Correct answer: classées

   Les is a direct object placed before avons classé and refers to feminine plural fiches. The participle must therefore be classées.

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10. Complétez : Ces consignes paraissent ____ aux nouvelles recrues.

    1. claires
    2. clair
    3. claire
    4. clairs
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    Correct answer: claires

    After paraissent, the adjective still describes consignes. Its feminine plural form is claires, regardless of the following indirect complement.

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11. Complétez : Ces dépenses ont été ____ au dossier financier.

    1. inscrit
    2. inscrite
    3. inscrits
    4. inscrites
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    Correct answer: inscrites

    In this passive construction, inscrites agrees with the feminine plural subject dépenses. The auxiliary sequence does not remove that agreement.

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12. Complétez : Un avis et une annexe ____ joints à la réponse.

    1. est
    2. sont
    3. êtes
    4. sommes
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    Correct answer: sont

    The subject joins two separate documents. It is plural, so the verb is sont; the mixed-gender participle is already correctly written joints.

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13. Complétez : Les formulaires que Clara a ____ restent au comptoir.

    1. signé
    2. signés
    3. signée
    4. signées
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    Correct answer: signés

    Que represents formulaires, a masculine plural direct object placed before a signé. With avoir, this preceding direct object requires signés.

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14. Complétez : Trois brochures ____ sont jointes au message.

    1. bleu
    2. bleue
    3. bleus
    4. bleues
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    Correct answer: bleues

    Bleu is a simple colour adjective that agrees normally. Brochures is feminine plural, so bleues fits the sentence.

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