A selection of English ESL yes no questions printables

I prepared a worksheet for elementary level.Students will enjoy reading and completing the tasks.I will use it for my second graders to check their understanding of the text.First activity they read and circle YES /NO  and second activity they complete the text using the words in the box.There are no extra words in the second activity.

Simple yes no question and reading comprehension

This handout gives illustrating exalmples of yes /no questions to help learners of english reinforce rules and clear up any ambihuity about the structure of the questions when using the verb to be and other ordianary verbs in   4 of the basic tenses in English: present simple , present continuous , simple past, past continuous and the future simple. 

rules for making yes no questions examples

Short interview by using yes/no questions

This is a game for ADVANCED students - PART 1. It comes from an idea I took from a birthday party. DARK STORIES about mysterious happenings. HOW TO PLAY: Student A picks up a card and reads the clue to the rest of the class. He then reads the story for himself but doesn’t tell it to the class. The others try to find out what happened by asking “YES/NO” questions. Student A may only answer YES or NO! If the others ask about information like “Is the man old or young?” student A must insist on another question. Sometimes a question will be unnecessary e.g. “Was the man in church the day before?” in this case student A may answer “this information isn’t essential to solve the story”. The students keep going until they know the story. You may give points for good questions or for getting the story right. Then student B picks up the next card and everybody starts over. ==> Use page 3 to print on the back of the cards ** My students liked it so much, that I will make more cards next week.

ADVANCED SPEAKING CARDS - Dark Stories - Yes/No Questions

Students can learn the differences , changes in the tenses present simple and present continuous tenses. They can write questions as in the examples.They can compare the tenses easily.

present simple and present continuous yes no questions

Hand out a worksheet to every child or to each pair of students, if you prefer.
In pairs, children have to choose a set of pictures but they mustn't tell their partner. The partner has to ask  questions 'Do you like eggs?' 'Do you like strawberries?' 'Do you like milk?', and the other pupil has to answer 'Yes, I do' or 'No, I don't' according to the set he/she has chosen.
When the pupil that makes question knows the set, he/she asks 'Is it number 1?' 

You could also play Bingo with these cards.

I hope your pupils have fun!

Do you like? Yes/No questions speaking game

a worksheet for beginners.it's about asking and answering yes/no questions using the verb to be. it is so easy and simple i hope you guys can use it in your lessons.

yes-no-questions(using the verb to be)

Students will answer the questions by looking at the pictures using the verb to be

Verb to be Yes No Questions with adjectives

Young learners circle the correct answer. Where are the toys? They are on/in/under/next to the ... Is it under the chair? - Yes,it is/ No, it isn't. Pupils read the questions, look at the picture and then answer the general questions with the verb " to be ".

You can use this worksheet with kids and young learners.

Yes/No-questions about the location of toys

This document was designed for one on one online teaching, but can easily be used for groups. It introduces the verb t be in  yes no questions with short answers as well as wh questions

Places in the city - to be - Yes no questions - Wh questions

An activity to help students learn and practise yes / no questions.



Learners complete the worksheet by listening to the songs and filling in the gaps/checking their answers.



14 songs are featured in the worksheet with at least one example of a yes / no question. The activity features questions in 12 different tenses. The list of songs can be found in the video description.



The activity can be made more difficult or less difficult by adding or removing gaps in the song lyrics.



The music’s audio along with the answers can be found here:

https://youtu.be/MrGC6hWYF1I



Learners self correct their worksheets by watching the video:

https://youtu.be/MrGC6hWYF1I

Yes / No questions (12 tenses) in songs - worksheet, video and answer key

This is a worksheet for younger pupils. It helps to learn and practice Yes/No questions and short answers of the verb TO BE in Simple Present. There are three exercises. I hope it's useful for you.

The Verb TO BE: Yes/No questions and short answers in Simple Present

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

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Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

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A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

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A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

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The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

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Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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48 Yes No Questions English ESL worksheets pdf & doc