Dare can be used as an ordinary verb and an auxiliary verb. When dare is used as an ordinary verb, it is followed by an infinitive with to. Also, questions and negatives are made with do.
When dare is used as an auxiliary verb, it is followed by an infinitive without to and questions and negatives are made without to.
Fill in the blanks.
1. She is a woman who ……………….. what she thinks.
Please select 2 correct answers
First and fourth options are possible here. When dare is used as an ordinary verb, it is followed by an infinitive with to.
2. I didn’t .....................… the truth.
When dare is used as an auxiliary verb, questions and negatives are made without do.
3. Do you ………………….. what you think?
When dare is used as an auxiliary verb, questions and negatives are made without do.
4. I daren’t ………………… what I think.
When dare is used an auxiliary verb, it is followed by an infinitive without to.
5. He ………………… out at night.
When dare is used as an auxiliary, it is followed by an infinitive without to. When it is used as an ordinary verb, it is followed by an infinitive with to.
6. She ................................... the truth.
When dare is used as an auxiliary, it is followed by an infinitive without to. When it is used as an ordinary verb, it is followed by an infinitive with to.
7. The old man didn’t ………………….. the door.
8. I ...................... at her face.
When dare is used as an auxiliary, it is followed by an infinitive without to. When it is used as an ordinary verb, it is followed by an infinitive with to and questions and negatives are made with do.
9. Do you dare ………………….. your limits?
When dare is used as an auxiliary, it is followed by an infinitive without to. When it is used as an ordinary verb, it is followed by an infinitive with to and questions and negatives are made with do.
10. She didn’t ……………….. her eyes.
When dare is used as an auxiliary, it is followed by an infinitive without to. When it is used as an ordinary verb, it is followed by an infinitive with to and questions and negatives are made with do.
11. I dare you ……………… across the river.
The expression ‘I dare you + infinitive’ is used to challenge one another.
12. She dared me ………………. the truth.
The expression ‘I dare you + infinitive’ is used to challenge one another.
Answers
1. She is a woman who dares to day / dare say what she thinks.
2. I didn’t dare to tell the truth.
3. Do you dare to say what you think?
4. I daren’t say what I think.
5. He dare not go / doesn’t dare to go out at night.
6. She doesn’t dare to speak the truth.
7. The old man didn’t dare to open the door.
8. I don’t dare to look / daren’t look at her face.
9. Do you dare to test your limits?
10. She didn’t dare to open her eyes.
11. I dare you to swim across the river.
12. She dared me to tell the truth.
