SPEECH PATTERN 4

DARE
MODEL SENTENCE:
I looked at her for some moments before daring to open my mouth
TRANSLATION:
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Dare is both a main (ordinary, notional) verb and a modal verb.

1. MEANING: to be brave enough or rude enough to do something

Grammar point:

 DARE usually forms negatives and questions like an ordinary verb and is
followed by to-infinitive. It is most common in the negative
 (less commonly) DARE can be used as a semi-modal verb followed by
bare infinitive (especially in present tense negative forms in British
English)

ordinary verb (intransitive) modal verb

Affirmative If Sally dares to go there again, she’ll Fight with him if you dare
statement be in big trouble! (without a following
I drove as fast as I dared. infinitive)
Negative He doesn’t dare to go there.
statement He doesn’t dare to complain No one dare go there
No one dares to go there. I daren’t tell her the
I didn’t dare to ask. truth.
hardly dare: He dare not/daren’t lie
I hardly dared to hope she’d I daren’t risk offending
remember me. Audrey’s parents

She never went there on her own –

she didn’t dare to
Larry argue with the boss? He
wouldn’t dare.
Affirmative Does anyone dare to go there? Dare anyone go there?
question You told him? How did you dare? Dare he tell her the truth?
Negative Doesn’t he dare to go there? Daren’t he go there?
question
In spoken English, the forms of the ordinary verb are often used with bare
infinitive:

o Don’t you dare tell her what I said!

o I didn’t dare look at him.

2. MEANING: to challenge somebody (to persuade somebody to do

something dangerous, difficult or embarrassing so that they can show that
they are not afraid) – transitive verb

Grammar point:
 With this meaning, it is a main verb and requires an object.
 Any verb that follows it is in the to-infinitive:

dare somebody:

o Go on, I dare you.

o Go on, phone the police. I dare you.

dare somebody to do something:

o Some snakes can bite but I dare you to hold this big snake.
o Some of the older boys had dared him to do it.
o Someone dared him to climb the tree.
o The older boys dared Jennings to go up on the roof.

Idioms

1) dare hope/dream/believe (USUALLY IN NEGATIVES): if you dare not hope,

dream, or believe that something will happen or is true, you think it is very
unlikely, but you would very much like it to happen

o I never dared dream that peace would come so soon.

o The work was finished much sooner than he’d ever dared hope.

2) don’t you dare!

1. (informal) used to tell somebody strongly not to do something

o ‘I'll tell her about it.’ ‘Don't you dare!’

o Don't you dare say anything to anybody.

3) how dare you, etc.

1. used to show that you are angry about something that somebody has
done (to express indignation)

o How dare you talk to me like that?

o How dare she imply that I was lying?

Typical error

We don’t use infinitive with to after modal dare in the expression How
dare you:

o How dare you suggest she was lazy!

Not: How dare you to suggest…

4) I dare say

(also I daresay especially in British English)

1. used when you are saying that something is likely

o I dare say you know about it already.

Reference resources:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/dare
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dare_1?
q=dare
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/dare_1
 PRACTICE

1. VOCABULARY BOOK

Learn by heart Translate into Russian

1. to be brave enough or rude enough to do something
1) If Sally dares to go there again,
she’ll be in big trouble!
2) He dared to escape
3) He dared to meet his enemy face
to face.
4) I drove as fast as I dared.
5) Fight with him if you dare
6) He doesn’t dare to go there.
7) He doesn’t dare to complain
8) No one dares to go there.
9) I didn’t dare to ask.
10) He won’t dare to break his
promise.
11) Andrei Sakharov was one of the
few people who dared to protest
12) I hardly dared to hope she’d
remember me.
13) I hardly dare to go into the room
without first getting permission.
14) She never went there on her own –
she didn’t dare to
15) Larry argue with the boss? He
wouldn’t dare.
16) No one dare go there
17) He daren't say it matters
18) I daren’t tell her the truth.
19) He dare not/daren’t lie
20) I daren’t risk offending Audrey’s
parents
21) Does anyone dare to go there?
22) You told him? How did you dare?
23) Dare anyone go there?
24) Dare he tell her the truth?
25) Doesn’t he dare to go there?
26) Daren’t he go there?

2. to challenge somebody
27) Don’t you dare tell her what I said!
28) I didn’t dare look at him.
29) Go on, I dare you.
30) Go on, phone the police. I dare
you.
31) Some snakes can bite but I dare
you to hold this big snake.
32) Some of the older boys had dared
him to do it.
33) Someone dared him to climb the
tree.
34) The older boys dared Jennings to
go up on the roof.

Idioms

35) I never dared dream that peace

would come so soon.
36) The work was finished much
sooner than he’d ever dared hope.
37) ‘I'll tell her about it.’ ‘Don't you
dare!’
38) Don't you dare say anything to
anybody.
39) How dare you talk to me like that?
40) How dare you do such a thing?
41) How dare she imply that I was
lying?
42) How dare you suggest she was
lazy!
43) I dare say you know about it
already
44) I dare say the difficulty will
disappear
45) I dare say it doesn't matter
2. Translate the sentences into English, using the verb DARE. If it is possible
to use it both as a notional verb and a modal verb, give two versions.
Use essential vocabulary from units 1 and 2.
1. Как ты смеешь сплетничать о своих коллегах?
2. Ребенок не осмелился указать учителю на ошибку на доске
3. Как вы смеете говорить со мной подобным образом?
4. Я думаю, дети сами должны помириться.
5. В присутствии директора учитель не смел произнести ни слова
6. Мама, я возможно приду сегодня поздно. – Только попробуй
7. Уверяю, что ты перейдешь дорогу с закрытыми глазами
8. Представляешь! Она посмела не согласиться с директрисой по
нескольким моментам!
9. Он был на грани того, чтобы потерять самообладание, но не посмел
10. Она едва ли когда-нибудь осмелится выразить свою точку зрения по
поводу ее будущего
11. Как ты смеешь сыпать ему соль на рану!
12. Я бы никогда не осмелилась коснуться этой больной темы.
13. Позволю отметить, что говорить об этом сейчас бессмысленно
14. Только попробуй опять вмешаться не в свои дела!
15. А спорим тебе не втереться в доверие Саманты
16. Я бы не смог выбросить ее фотографию – мне просто не хватило бы
решимости
17. Друзья подзадорили Оливера набраться смелости и попросить еще еды.
18. Спорим, ты не сможешь приготовить итонскую смесь.

3. Respond to the statement, show indignation with DARE, develop a line

into a short conversation
1. I’ve wasted all our money
2. Yesterday I saw Tony driving your car
3. Mr Blackwell had left all the money to the dog before he died.
4. You are an interfering busybody!
5. You’ve missed the whole point
6. Your son proved to be unreliable.
7. Your answer is not to the point
8. But with all her talents, singing has never been your daughter’s strong
point
9. There is no point in carrying your troubles home with you
10. He must have got mixed up in something in Chicago
11. Your daughter is too shy. She never seems to mix with other children
12. I suspect you of cheating during the exam