English Week 2 of 3

Reading is like breathing in; writing is
like breathing out. Do the following

activity as spring board for this lesson.
What is the most appealing TV commercial for

you? Why do you find it appealing? Share your
ideas to the class.
Lesson 18
Reading: Things Are Not Always What They Seem
Language: Responding to Questions
In this lesson, you will learn the following:

• Time order (sequence, recounts, process)
• Types of questions
YES / NO QUESTIONS
(CLOSED QUESTIONS)
In English, there are two basic types of

questions: yes/no questions and wh
–questions. Yes/no questions are also
called closed questions because there are
only two possible responses: yes or no.
When forming a yes/no question, it must
include one of these verbs: BE, DO, HAVE,
or a modal verb. It is impossible to ask
a yes / no question without one of these
verbs.
Correct Incorrect
Are elections next year? Elections next year?
Does he want to stay? He want to stay?
Have the boys eaten? The boys eaten?
Can the dog swim? The dog swim?

Use the verb BE to ask yes / no questions about the
identity or description of a person, place, or thing.
Question Response
Am I your friend? Yes. / Yes, you are. / Yes, you are my
friend.
Is this a good restaurant? No. / No, it is not. / No, it is not a
good restaurant.
Are these islands Greek? Yes. / Yes, they are. / Yes, these islands
are greek.
Was his idea interesting? No. / No, it wasn’t. / No, his idea was
not interesting.
Were they happy? Yes. / Yes, they were. / Yes, they were
happy.
Note that the response can be short (yes. /
No.), Or long: yes or no followed by the
subject and verb.
Use the verb BE with a preposition to ask yes /
no questions about a present or past location.
Question Response
Am I at the correct location? No. / No, you aren’t.
Are the keys under the books? No. / No, they are not.
Was his house on an island? Yes. / Yes, it was.
Were the demonstrations in the

No. / No, they weren’t.
center of town?
Use the verb BE to ask a yes / no question about a
current activity or situation. This requires the
present progressive: BE + (verb+ing).
Question Response
Am I going with you and

Yes. / Yes, you are.
Tom?

Is she working today? No. / No, she isn’t.
Are we seeing a play

Yes. / Yes, we are.
tomorrow?
Use the verb BE to ask a yes / no question about a past
activity or situation. This requires the past progressive:
WAS / WERE + (verb+ing).
Question Response
Was it raining? Yes. / Yes, it was.
Were they playing? No. / No, they weren’t.

Use the verb BE to ask a yes / no question with the
passive voice.
Question Response
Is gold mined in Canada? Yes. / Yes it is.

Are flowers grown here? No. / No, they are not.
Was the book read? Yes. / Yes, it was.

Use the verb HAVE to ask if somebody has done
something or if some action has taken place. Note that
these yes / no questions use the present perfect (HAVE +
past participle).
Question Response
Has your brother left? No. / No, he hasn’t.

Have you driven before? Yes. / Yes, I have.
Has the party started? Yes. / Yes, it has.

Use the verb DO to ask yes / no questions in order to
obtain facts about people, places, or things.
Question Response
Do they smoke? No. / No, they don’t.

Does it rain here? Yes. / Yes, it does.
Did the key work? No. / No, it didn’t.

Use modal verbs to ask yes / no questions about
possibilities or uncertainties.
Question Response
Yes. / Yes, we can. / Yes, we can
Can we stay?
stay.
Could this be true? Yes. / Yes, it could (be true).
Should they stop? No. / No, they shouldn’t (stop).
May I help you? Yes. / Yes you may (help me).

Remember: when asking yes / no questions with DO or
a modal verb, the main verb remains in the base form
(without to).
Correct Incorrect
Do you drink coffee? Do you to drink coffee?
Does she work here? Does she to work here?
Can I go with you? Can I to go with you?
Should we email her? Should we to email her?
However, if there are two verbs that follow DO, the
second verb remains in the infinitive (with to).
Correct Incorrect
Do you want to drink

Do you want drink coffee?
coffee?

Does she like to work
Does she like work here?
here?
Did you need to go home? Did you need go home?
Note that there are several ways to answer yes /
no questions, especially when using contractions.
Question Response
Is he busy? No.
No, he isn’t.
No, he’s not.
No, he is not.
No, he isn’t busy.
No, he’s not busy.
No, he is not busy.

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Reading is like breathing in; writing is

like breathing out. Do the following

What is the most appealing TV commercial for

In this lesson, you will learn the following:

In English, there are two basic types of

Are elections next year? Elections next year?

Does he want to stay? He want to stay?

Have the boys eaten? The boys eaten?

Can the dog swim? The dog swim?

Am I at the correct location? No. / No, you aren’t.

Was his house on an island? Yes. / Yes, it was.

Were the demonstrations in the

Am I going with you and

Are we seeing a play

Was it raining? Yes. / Yes, it was.

Were they playing? No. / No, they weren’t.

Is gold mined in Canada? Yes. / Yes it is.

Was the book read? Yes. / Yes, it was.

Has your brother left? No. / No, he hasn’t.

Has the party started? Yes. / Yes, it has.

Do they smoke? No. / No, they don’t.

Did the key work? No. / No, it didn’t.

Should they stop? No. / No, they shouldn’t (stop).

May I help you? Yes. / Yes you may (help me).

Do you want to drink

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