Verbs ending in -re are all grouped into the 3rd group, meaning their conjugation patterns cannot be easily predicted. To make things more challenging, not all verbs ending in -re follow the same pattern. In fact, verbs ending in -re are grouped into several different categories. Here, we’ll look at some of the most common conjugation patterns.

The verbs ‘attendre’, ‘confondre’, ‘dépendre’, ‘descendre’, ‘entendre’, ‘mordre’, ‘perdre’, ‘rendre’ and ‘vendre’ also follow this pattern.

The verbs ‘construire’, ‘déduire’, ‘détruire’, ‘instruire’, ‘introduire’, ‘nuire (à)’, ‘produire’ and ‘traduire’ all follow this pattern.

The verbs ‘admettre’, ‘permettre’, ‘promettre’ and ‘transmettre’ have the same conjugation pattern.

The verbs ‘apprendre’, ‘comprendre’ and ‘surprendre’ are conjugated according to the same pattern.

The verbs ‘élir’ and ‘relire’ all follow this pattern.

The verb ‘dire’ is one of a very short list of verbs with a vous-form that does not end in ‘-ez’ in the present. The verbs ‘contredire’ and ‘interdire’ follow this pattern, except for in the vous-form. (contredisez, interdisez)