What question Cannot be answered with yes?
What is the only question you can’t answer yes to? Are you dead? (assuming you are dead) Every other question you can answer ‘yes’ even if you are wrong.
What is the problem with yes no questions to communicate?
In everyday speech, we often ask things like, “Do you want to go to the movies, or should we eat lunch first?” This combination of questions can be confusing to the person with aphasia. Their answer can also be confusing to you. If they answer “yes,” you still aren’t sure which option they prefer. Use visual aids.
Can you answer a yes or no question with okay?
Okay is the informal (and somewhat trivial) version of yes, so it is appropriate to use it when agreeing to something, for example, “Would you like to go to the mall?” But when being used as an answer for something that either requires more description or a definitive answer, like “Was there ice cream at the party?” is …
How do you change a sentence to a yes no question?
Forming Yes/No Questions: Summary
- If the sentence has only the BE verb, switch the subject and the BE verb around to make a question.
- If the sentence has a helping verb, switch the subject and the (first) helping verb around to make a question.
What are good yes or no questions?
Yes or No Questions List
- Do you know your Zodiac sign?
- Have you ever been arrested?
- Do you have a retirement account?
- Have you ever purchased a home?
- Did you enjoy going to school?
- Do you enjoy spending time with your family?
- Have you ever buried a time capsule?
- Do you know what a lucid dream is?
What should I answer instead of OK?
OK
- agreeable,
- all right,
- alright,
- copacetic.
- (also copasetic or copesetic),
- ducky,
- fine,
- good,
Is there any dumb question?
According to Carl Sagan, in his 1997 book, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, there are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world.
Is 20 questions a yes or no question?
They are allowed to ask up to 20 questions before making their guess as to what the mystery object might be. Every question can only be a yes/no question. If the object isn’t correctly guessed after 20 questions, the person who came up with it gets a point. Here’s an example of how the game works.
At what age do children understand yes and no?
When your toddler begins answering yes/no questions (accurately) sometime between 19-24 months of age it’s like the floodgates of communication open. Especially so if you aren’t getting much other verbal communication from them up until this point.
How do you say yes in professional email?
Polite Ways to Say Yes in English
- Yeah, sure. Here you go.
- No problem! I’m always happy to help.
- Yep! I will be right there. (Yep is another informal way to say yes like yeah.)
- Yeah, I’d be happy to!
- Cool. (Yes, cool can really be used to say yes or to show agreement.)
- You got it.
- Okay.