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Yes / No questions — English questions
The helper moves to the front. That is the whole question.
The shape
Do / Does / Did / Is / Are + subject + verb
Ask something that can be answered yes or no.
In Hindi
सहायक क्रिया आगे आ जाती है — बस इतना ही सवाल है।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The mistake to fix first
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
You are coming tomorrow? | Are you coming tomorrow? A question moves "are" in front of "you". |
Yes / No questions examples
Easiest first. Every sentence is authored, with the Hindi it comes from.
Are you ready?
क्या तुम तैयार हो?
Are you okay?
क्या तुम ठीक हो?
also correct: Are you all right?
Are you busy?
क्या तुम व्यस्त हो?
Are you hungry?
क्या तुम भूखे हो?
Are you at home?
क्या तुम घर पर हो?
Is he your friend?
क्या वह तुम्हारा दोस्त है?
also correct: Is that your friend?
Is this your book?
क्या यह तुम्हारी किताब है?
Is this your phone?
क्या यह तुम्हारा फोन है?
Is she your sister?
क्या वह तुम्हारी बहन है?
Is the food ready?
क्या खाना तैयार है?
Learn these first
These come first. The rest of this makes more sense once they are automatic.
Easy to confuse with
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
- Wh- questionsA1Ask for the information you actually need
- Yes, I do. No, she isn't.A1Answer a question without sounding curt or robotic
Questions people ask
- What is the yes / no questions used for?
- The helper moves to the front. That is the whole question. In practice: ask something that can be answered yes or no.
- How do you form the yes / no questions?
- Do / Does / Did / Is / Are + subject + verb.
- What is the most common mistake with the yes / no questions?
- Saying “You are coming tomorrow?” instead of “Are you coming tomorrow?”. A question moves "are" in front of "you".
Where yes / no questions fits
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Yes / No questions is a CEFR A1 structure — the starting band — and it belongs to questions. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
Reading it is not the same as saying it.
CoCap turns this page into practice: Hindi sentence in, English sentence out, corrected one thing at a time. Free, no card.
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