Verb drill
Vendre and attendre: a regular French -re present-tense drill
Build vends, vend and vendons, then practise vendre, attendre and répondre in twelve answers with a reference table and shopping picture cards.
- A2
- 12 answers
- Checked all at once
- Accents count
- Learn this in the A2 notebook →
In short
For regular vendre-type verbs, remove -re and add -s, -s, no ending, -ons, -ez, -ent. That gives je vends, elle vend, nous vendons. Attendre follows the same pattern; prendre needs its own changing stems.
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| Subject | vendre — to sell | attendre — to wait for |
|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vends | attends |
| tu | vends | attends |
| il / elle / on | vend | attend |
| nous | vendons | attendons |
| vous | vendez | attendez |
| ils / elles | vendent | attendent |
With il, elle or on, leave the stem as it is: vend, attend. The final d is written even when you cannot hear it. In the plural, you hear the d: vendons, vendez, vendent. The letters -ent in the last form stay silent.
Four things to sell
Find:
attendre quelqu’unto wait for someone
Focus: a direct object
Nous attendons Léa devant la gare.
We are waiting for Léa outside the station.
répondre à quelqu’unto reply to someone
Focus: the preposition à
Je réponds à Léa.
I’m replying to Léa.
Répondre has the same endings: je réponds, elle répond, nous répondons. Keep the accent on é. Sharing a conjugation pattern leaves each verb’s construction intact: attendre le bus, but répondre à une question. English “for” in “wait for” adds no pour to the French phrase.
Twelve answers: a form or one missing verb
Type the missing form. The first round mixes singular and plural subjects. In the second, keep the verb named in the hint. In the last row, dois is already conjugated, so the action that follows stays in the infinitive.
1 · Six subject checks
- vendre · je
- vendre · elle
- vendre · nous
- attendre · tu
- attendre · vous
- attendre · ils
2 · Sell, wait and reply
- Elle une écharpe. (vendre)
- J’ le bus. (attendre)
- Nous à votre question. (répondre)
- Vous des manteaux ? (vendre)
- Les clients devant la porte. (attendre)
- Je dois à ce message. (répondre)
Which -re verbs are irregular?
Nous prenons le bus. Vous faites les courses.
We take the bus. You do the shopping.
Prendre and faire also end in -re. Their present forms follow separate models: prenons and faites.