by Dare: it means “to have courage or confidence to do something.”
“Dare is used as a modal verb and an action verb.”
Modal verb or auxiliary verb:
| He dare go to the graveyard alone at midnight. | How dare you touch me? |
| She dare fight with goons. | Dare he raise his voice against ministers? |
| He dare not do so again with you. | How dare she abuse? |
| She daren’t argue in front of us. | How dare they make our food? |
| He dare break drawer. | She daren’t go alone on the road. |
| The kid daren’t go to the washroom at night. | He dared not go to the graveyard at midnight yesterday. |
| Dared he steal money from your wallet? | He dared slap him. |
Use of dare as an action/ordinary verb:
| He dares to argue with you. | She doesn’t dare to drive a car alone. |
| She dared to threaten in public. | Did he dare to take a bribe? |
| He will dare to take blood money. | She may dare to raise her voice against the dowry system. |
| He might dare to take the bribe. | I dare you to fight with me. (For challenge) |
| Did your child dare to go to the crematorium? | I didn’t dare to talk to my principal. |
Some other uses of dare:
Just dare to + action + obj.
Just dare to touch me.
Just dare to abuse me.
- The expression ‘I dare say’ has a different meaning. it means ‘perhaps.’
I dare say you have gone crazy. (=Perhaps, you are gone mad)
I dare say she will accept my proposal. (=Perhaps, she will accept my proposal)
Note: ‘s’ is not used with dare as a modal verb.
Use of Dare in Modals Exercise:
1. He doesn’t…….. speak in front of me. (dare to/dares to/dare)
2. He…….. tell a lie before his teacher. (dare not/ dares not/ doesn’t dare)
3. Did he……..to take a bribe? (dared/dares/dare)
4. Did your child……… go to the crematorium? (dare to/dared to/dare)
5. She may……… raise her voice against the dowry system. (dare/dare to/dared to/dares)
6. She didn’t…….. threaten in public. (dared to/dare to)
7.………. he steal money from your wallet yesterday? (dared/dare/dared to/dare to)
8. He…….. not do so again with you. (dares to/ dare to/dare)
9. How…… she abuse? (dares/dare/dares to/dare to)
10. The kids…….. go to the washroom at night. (daren’t/ daren’t to)
