1. Ask question with Be Verb ? Am / are / is comes in front of the subject.
*Ask question with rising intonation.
(1) Am I late? - Yes, you are. / No, you aren¡¯t. (2) Are you from America? - Yes, I am. / No I¡¯m not. (3) Is Lisa a Korean student? - Yes, she is. / No, she isn¡¯t.
2. After Yes & No answers, a sentence can be introduced.
(1) Am I tall enough for the basketball team? - No, you aren¡¯t. You are a little short for the team. (2) Are you new here? - Yes, I am. I am a new transferred student here. (3) Is Lisa absent today? - Yes, she is. She is sick in bed. She has a flu.
3. Asking simple yes and no questions with using ¡°or.¡±
*Ask question with rising and falling intonation.
(1) Is this your pen or my pen? - It¡¯s not mine, it¡¯s your pen. (2) Are these your books or mine? - They¡¯re my books. They¡¯re not yours.
A. Minsu and Miao are in Los Angeles. It¡¯s the first day of school. Minsu sits down next to Miao in the classroom.
Minsu: Hi, are you new here? Maao: Yes, I am. Minsu: I am too. Where are you from? Miao: I am from Taiwan. Where are you from? Minsu: I am from Seoul. Miao: Seoul, Are you from Korea? Minsu: Yes, I am.
1. Is Miao a student? Yes, She is.
2. Is Miao from Korea? ______________________________
3. Are Miao and Minsu new students? ___________________________
4. Is Seoul in Korea? ________________________
5. Are Miao and Minsu old friends? __________________________
Now, Minsu and Mao are in the cafeteria. They are having lunch together and getting to know each other.
Minsu: Mao, I am glad we are in the same English class. Mao: Me too, Minsu. Let¡¯ get together after school. We can do homework together. Is English your favorite subject? Minsu: Yes it is. I like Math too. What about you? Mao: My favorite subject is Science. I want to be a rocket scientist when I grow up. What about you? Minsu: I want to be a pilot. My parents want me to be a doctor though. Mao: What is your hobby? Minsu: My hobby is playing soccer. Mao: Great! Playing soccer is my hobby too. My another hobby is playing computer games. What about you? Minsu: That¡¯s my hobby too. My parents are strict. They don¡¯t let me play computer games. How are your parents? Mao: They are strict too, but they let me play computer games 20 minutes a day. They think that¡¯s more than enough. I have a younger brother. He is in the fifth grade. He plays at least one hour a day. Minsu: I have younger brother too. He is also in the fifth grade. We have so many things in common. We are very similar, aren¡¯t we?
Now, let¡¯s answer yes/no questions.
1. Are Minsu and Mao in the classroom? __________________________
2. Are Minsu and Mao in the same Math class? ___________________________
3. Is English Mao¡¯s favorite subject ? ____________________________
4. Is Science Minsu¡¯s favorite subject? ____________________________
5. Is Minsu¡¯s hobby playing computer games? ___________________________
6. Are Mao¡¯s parents strict? _______________________
7. Is Minsu¡¯s younger brother in the fifth grade? _________________________
8. Is Mao¡¯s younger brother in the 6th grade?___________________________
9. Are Minsu and Mao very different? ____________________________
10. Are Minsu and Mao friendly to each other? __________________________
B. Make questions from given answers and answer them in yes / no format.
1. Minsu is from Korea. Is Minsu from Korea? Yes, he is .
2. Minsu and Mao are new exchange students. _____________________________? Yes, ______________
3. Minsu and Mao aren¡¯t ready for the English test. __________________________________? No, _______________
4. Korea and Taiwan are located in Asia. _________________________________? Yes, ______________
5. Minsu¡¯s father is an international lawyer. _________________________________? Yes, ______________
6. Mao¡¯s parents aren¡¯t strict. _________________________________? No, ________________
7. Mao and Minsu are diligent and hardworking students. _____________________________________? Yes, __________
8. Their English teacher is very helpful and friendly. ___________________________________? Yes, ____________
9. Minsu is in the soccer team. ___________________________________? Yes, ____________
10. Mao isn¡¯t older than Minsu. ___________________________________? No, _____________