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Level 14 - Regular -RE verbs

You have just worked with verbs ending in -er and learnt that the endings for the different ' persons ' of the verb are always the same. A similar thing happens with verb infinitives ending in -re , except the endings are different. Here is an example of an -re verb: perdre 'to lose '.

je perds
tu perds
il perd
elle perd
on perd
nous perdons
vous perdez
ils perdent
elles perdent

  

I lose
you lose (sg.)
he loses
she loses
one loses
we lose
you lose (pl.)
they lose (m.)
they lose (f.)

So the endings of regular -re verbs, when you take off the -re bit, are as follows.

je
tu
il
elle
on
nous
vous
ils
elles

  

-s
-s
-
-
-
-ons
-ez
-ent
-ent

Other verbs

Here is a list of -re verbs which work in exactly the same way. The list of verbs you need to know for GCSE and Common Entrance can be found in the verblist.

attendre
défendre
descendre
entendre
 perdre
prétendre
rendre
répondre
tendre
vendre

  

to wait, to wait for
to defend
to descend / to go down
to hear
to lose
to claim
to render / to give back
to respond
to stretch
to sell

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