Yes/No Question Practice
Convert declarative sentences into yes/no questions using auxiliary verb inversion.
Session summary (SOAP)
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Mark a card Correct, Correct with cue or Incorrect and the summary writes itself here.
How to run it
Sort the twelve by whether an auxiliary exists. Is, can, was, will and has can simply move; have, like, went and wants need do, does or did inserted, and the main verb goes back to its base form. That second group is where the errors are, and separating them makes the rule teachable rather than mysterious. Eight minutes covers the twelve.
Cueing ladder
Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.
- IndependentPresent the item and wait 5 seconds of quiet before helping.Log as correct
- HintStress the part of the sentence that changes, or point to the word ending.Log as cued
- Sentence starterSay the first half of the sentence and let the student finish it.Log as cued
- ModelSay the correct form in the whole sentence; the student repeats it.Log as cued
Adjust it
Give a sentence starter every time, and do fewer cards.
Ask for a new sentence of the student's own with the same form, with no card to lean on.
Matching IEP goal
Given sentence cards, Student will produce questions with correct word order in sentences in 8 of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, given no more than an indirect cue.
Send it home through the parent portal →About this activity
Twelve statements turned into yes-or-no questions: he is happy becomes is he happy; she can swim becomes can she swim; they have a cat becomes do they have a cat; you went to the store becomes did you go to the store; she wants juice becomes does she want juice. Where there is an auxiliary, it moves to the front; where there is none, do has to be supplied.
What to listen for
Listen for the main verb keeping its tense after did. Did you went to the store is double marking — did already carries the past, so the verb returns to go. Watch the rising intonation strategy: a student who says you went to the store with a question intonation has communicated a question without forming one, which is a legitimate spoken form and not what the task is for.
Carrying it home
Turning a statement into a question is a game that works in a car. Saying she is reading and asking for the question takes five seconds and can go both ways.
What's in this activity
- He is happy. → Is he happy?
- We will win. → Will we win?
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Questions
- What grades is this for?
- First through third, and older students learning English as an additional language.
- Do I need to sign in?
- No, all twelve items play free in the browser.
- Why do some questions need 'do'?
- Because English inverts an auxiliary to form a question, and if the sentence has none, do is supplied to carry the tense. That is why she wants becomes does she want with the verb back in its base form.
Use this board with your caseload
With a free account, every correct, cued and incorrect mark is saved to the student and scored against their IEP goal, with the data written up for you. Assign it as home practice through the parent portal.
Track progress freeFree for SLPs. No card, no trial clock.