| Need: main verb | subject + need / needs + to + V; do in questions and negatives | She needs to rest. |
| Need: modal | subject + needn't + V; no -s, no to | You needn't come. |
| Not necessary | needn't = don't need to = don't have to | You don't need to pay. |
| Need and a job to do | needs washing = needs to be washed | The car needs washing. |
| Needn't have | it was done and was not necessary | I needn't have waited. |
| Dare: main verb | subject + dare / dares + to + V; do in questions and negatives | He didn't dare to ask. |
| Dare: modal | daren't or dare not + base verb; Dare I…? | I daren't ask. / Dare I ask? |
| Fixed phrases | I dare say: probably; How dare you: anger | I dare say you are right. / How dare you speak to me like that! |
| C1Formal need | need hardly say, need not, if need be, needs must | We can stay longer, if need be. |
| C1Dare: challenge | dare + person + to + V challenges someone | She dared him to jump. |
| Trap | main-verb need takes to and a base verb | He needs to go. |