SHALL
"Shall" is used to indicate future action. It is most commonly used in sentences with "I" or "we," and is often found in suggestions, such as "Shall we go?" "Shall" is also frequently used in promises or voluntary actions. In formal English, the use of "shall" to describe future events often expresses inevitability or predestination. "Shall" is much more commonly heard in British English than in American English; Americans prefer to use other forms, although they do sometimes use "shall" in suggestions or formalized language.
Examples:
Shall I help you? (suggestion)
I shall never forget where I came from. (promise)
He shall become our next king. (predestination)
I'm afraid Mr. Smith shall become our new director. (inevitability)
WILL
"Will" is used with promises or voluntary actions that take place in the future. "Will" can also be used to make predictions about the future. For more information on using "will" and associated exercises, visit the Simple Future section of our Verb Tense Tutorial.
Examples:
I promise that I will write you every single day. (promise)
I will make dinner tonight. voluntary (action)
He thinks it will rain tomorrow. (prediction)
DARE
The modal verb dare may be defective or regular.
As a defective verb dare has two forms: dare for the present tense anddared for the past tense. It is used chiefly in interrogative and negative sentences. It has the meaning — to have the courage or independence to do something, to venture.
Examples:
Intermediate:
"Shall" is used to indicate future action. It is most commonly used in sentences with "I" or "we," and is often found in suggestions, such as "Shall we go?" "Shall" is also frequently used in promises or voluntary actions. In formal English, the use of "shall" to describe future events often expresses inevitability or predestination. "Shall" is much more commonly heard in British English than in American English; Americans prefer to use other forms, although they do sometimes use "shall" in suggestions or formalized language.
Examples:
Shall I help you? (suggestion)
I shall never forget where I came from. (promise)
He shall become our next king. (predestination)
I'm afraid Mr. Smith shall become our new director. (inevitability)
"Will" is used with promises or voluntary actions that take place in the future. "Will" can also be used to make predictions about the future. For more information on using "will" and associated exercises, visit the Simple Future section of our Verb Tense Tutorial.
Examples:
I promise that I will write you every single day. (promise)
I will make dinner tonight. voluntary (action)
He thinks it will rain tomorrow. (prediction)
The modal verb dare may be defective or regular.
As a defective verb dare has two forms: dare for the present tense anddared for the past tense. It is used chiefly in interrogative and negative sentences. It has the meaning — to have the courage or independence to do something, to venture.
Examples:
How dare he speak to you like that? (I wonder at such impudence.)
How dare you sneak into my room like this?
He daren’t write anything in case it isn’t good (he hasn’t got the courage).
Dare you ask him? (Are you brave enough to ask him?)
That’s as much as I dare spend on it.
How dare you sneak into my room like this?
He daren’t write anything in case it isn’t good (he hasn’t got the courage).
Dare you ask him? (Are you brave enough to ask him?)
That’s as much as I dare spend on it.
As a regular verb dare has a limited paradigm of finite forms and no verbals. It may have two meanings:
1. To venture, to have the courage or impudence (like the defectivedare). In this sense it is used mainly in negative statements.
He didn’t dare to stop me (he didn’t have the courage).
She doesn’t dare to answer.
Don’t you dare to touch me.
2. To challenge, to defy.
I dared him to jump (I challenged him to do it).
I dare you to say this straight to her face. — Попробуй, скажи ей это прямо в лицо.
Note the following combinations with the modal verb dare.
I dare say — I suppose, no doubt.
I dare say you are right. — Очень возможно, что вы правы.
I dare say he will come later. — Полагаю (пожалуй), он придет позже.
1. To venture, to have the courage or impudence (like the defectivedare). In this sense it is used mainly in negative statements.
He didn’t dare to stop me (he didn’t have the courage).
She doesn’t dare to answer.
Don’t you dare to touch me.
2. To challenge, to defy.
I dared him to jump (I challenged him to do it).
I dare you to say this straight to her face. — Попробуй, скажи ей это прямо в лицо.
Note the following combinations with the modal verb dare.
I dare say — I suppose, no doubt.
I dare say you are right. — Очень возможно, что вы правы.
I dare say he will come later. — Полагаю (пожалуй), он придет позже.
Elementary:
Ex.1 (choose between the two variants)
Ex.4 (put the correct form of DARE)
Intermediate:
Ex.1 (multiple choice)
Ex.4 (multiple choice)
Ex.5 (Choose the most appropriate answer)
Ex.6 (multiple choice)
Ex.7 (Choose the right modal verb)
Ex.8 (Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps.)
Advanced:
Ex.1 (multiple choice)
Ex.2 (choose the correct form)
Ex.3 (multiple choice)
Ex.4 (fill the gaps)
Ex.5(complete the sentence)
Ex.6 (modal verbs quiz)
Test
Key
Ex.5 (Choose the most appropriate answer)
Ex.6 (multiple choice)
Ex.7 (Choose the right modal verb)
Ex.8 (Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps.)
Advanced:
Ex.1 (multiple choice)
Ex.2 (choose the correct form)
Ex.3 (multiple choice)
Ex.4 (fill the gaps)
Ex.5(complete the sentence)
Ex.6 (modal verbs quiz)
Test
Key
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