Conjugation of the verb dare in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb dare in English.

Conjugation of the verb dare in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I dare
  • you dare
  • he|she|it dares
  • we dare
  • you dare
  • they dare

Present Continuous

  • I am daring
  • you are daring
  • he|she|it is daring
  • we are daring
  • you are daring
  • they are daring

Present Perfect

  • I have dared
  • you have dared
  • he|she|it has dared
  • we have dared
  • you have dared
  • they have dared

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been daring
  • you have been daring
  • he|she|it has been daring
  • we have been daring
  • you have been daring
  • they have been daring

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb dare in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I dared/durst
  • you dared/durst
  • he|she|it dared/durst
  • we dared/durst
  • you dared/durst
  • they dared/durst

Past continuous

  • I was daring
  • you were daring
  • he|she|it was daring
  • we were daring
  • you were daring
  • they were daring

Past perfect

  • I had dared
  • you had dared
  • he|she|it had dared
  • we had dared
  • you had dared
  • they had dared

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been daring
  • you had been daring
  • he|she|it had been daring
  • we had been daring
  • you had been daring
  • they had been daring

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb dare in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will dare
  • you will dare
  • he|she|it will dare
  • we will dare
  • you will dare
  • they will dare

Future continuous

  • I will be daring
  • you will be daring
  • he|she|it will be daring
  • we will be daring
  • you will be daring
  • they will be daring

Future perfect

  • I will have dared
  • you will have dared
  • he|she|it will have dared
  • we will have dared
  • you will have dared
  • they will have dared

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been daring
  • you will have been daring
  • he|she|it will have been daring
  • we will have been daring
  • you will have been daring
  • they will have been daring

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to dare

Present participle

  • daring

Past participle

  • dared

Perfect Participle

  • having dared

The imperative in English, for the verb to dare

Imperative

  • dare
  • let's dare
  • dare

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