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.
1She is a woman who ............... what she thinks.
Wrong!
After a singular subject in an affirmative ordinary-verb use, choose "dares to say".
2I didn't ............... the truth.
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Wrong!
After "didn't", both "dare to tell" and "dare tell" are possible.
3Do you ............... what you think?
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Wrong!
In a question with "Do you", both "dare say" and "dare to say" are possible.
4I daren't ............... what I think.
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The negative auxiliary form "daren't" is followed by "say".
5He ............... out at night.
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Both "dare not go" and "does not dare to go" are correct negative forms here.
6She ............... the truth.
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Wrong!
Both "doesn't dare speak" and "doesn't dare to speak" are possible before the object.
7The old man didn't ............... the door.
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Wrong!
After "didn't", both "dare open" and "dare to open" are possible.
8I ............... at her face.
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Wrong!
Both "don't dare to look" and "daren't look" are correct negative forms here.
9Do you dare ............... your limits?
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After "Do you dare", both "test" and "to test" are possible.
10She didn't ............... her eyes.
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Wrong!
After "didn't", both "dare open" and "dare to open" are possible.
11I dare you ............... across the river.
Wrong!
In the challenge structure "I dare you", use "to swim".
12She dared me ............... the truth.
Wrong!
After "dared me", the correct infinitive is "to tell".
Answers
- She is a woman who dares to say what she thinks.
- I didn’t dare to tell / dare tell the truth.
- Do you dare say / dare to say what you think?
- I daren’t say what I think.
- He dare not go / does not dare to go out at night.
- She doesn’t dare speak / doesn’t dare to speak the truth.
- The old man didn’t dare open / dare to open the door.
- I don’t dare to look / daren’t look at her face.
- Do you dare test / to test your limits?
- She didn’t dare open / dare to open her eyes.
- I dare you to swim across the river.
- She dared me to tell the truth.