Nitpicking correction to the text

Question

Where you write "In order to turn a sentence from active to passive voice, the tense of the auxiliary être must be the same as the tense of the main verb of the active sentence," shouldn't you instead say "the auxiliary VERB" or "the auxiliary VERB ÊTRE/AVOIR", especially since the examples that follow use "avoir" and not "être."

Jim Jones · Answer

Hi Don,
In the examples, avoir is not used in the passive voice, it is in the active voice only.
As I read it no correction is required. Être is used in the passive voice.
Let's see if Aurélie is in agreement.
Hope this helps.
Alan

Chris Wirt · Answer

I concur. Only êtreq is used in the passive voice.

-- Chris.

Aurélie Drouard · Answer

Bonjour à tous !

Yes, the auxiliary verb for the passive voice is always "être" :)

Bonne journée !

Sue McLachlan · Answer

First word in statement and answer vary between LES and DES.....very minor but gets marked as wrong!

Jim Jones · Answer

Hi Sue,
Yes! They do vary because the active subject becomes the passive object and the active object the passive subject.
So the Articles change accordingly  --  does this help to answer your point?
Regards,
Alan

Aurélie Drouard · Answer

Bonjour Don and Sue !@Don : I think your confusion comes from the fact that être itself takes the auxiliary avoir in compound tenses, but in these examples, it is indeed être which is used (and conjugated) in the passive voice :)
@Sue : Could you tell me what sentence it was ? I had a look through the questions, and I haven't found any where the article changes between the two voices.
Bonne journée à tous !

Mary Kelly · Answer

My answer was marked incorrect only because I didn’t add an “e” to indicate a feminine noun. Irritating, as i got the grammar correct. I would think this would be considered almost or nearly correct.  My mistake is not related to the grammar issue and I don’t want to keep testing something  I already know.