This 12-minute lesson teaches adults how to change statements into yes/no questions in Chinese. Learners will first review pronouns like "你", "你们", and "我". They will then learn how to answer yes/no questions positively with "是" or negatively with "不". Through contextualized drills like "find Elle", learners will practice asking and answering yes/no questions. By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to change statements into questions and answer them to demonstrate their new grammar skills.

1. Lesson plan
Age
range of
learners
adults Theme/
Topic:
Yes
or no
quest
ion
Number
of
minutes
:
12mins
What will learners be able to do with what they
know by the end of this lesson?
DO KNOW
Students can
change a statement
into a yes or no
question.
Students can
answer a yes or no
question.
Grammar:
1. The form of yes
or no question,
how to change a
statement into a
yes or no
question.
2. The negative
form: 不
Vocabulary: “我们”
（we/us）,“喜欢”
（like）,是（be）
How will learners demonstrate what they can
do with what they know by the end of the

2. lesson?
What will learners do(learning
tasks/activities/formative assessments)
to demonstrate they can meet the lesson
can-do?
Students will take turns to ask a yes or
no question and answer the question
from the last one in the contextualized
drill.
What will prepare learners to demonstrate
what they can do with what they know?
How will you facilitate the learning?
Opening activity
Greeting and review:
greet to students and
review what they
learned in last class: 你
(you, singular)，你们
(you, plural)，我(I)
Time: 1min
Learning episode
From “你” to“你们”，
students can infer “我
Time: 2mins

3. 们”（we/us）from “我
”(I). Then teacher will
say “我喜欢你们。”（I
like all of you）with
gesture, since students
already know the
meaning of “我”（I）
and “你们”（you,
plural）, they will know
that “喜欢” means like
in Chinese. Then
teacher will ask “你们
喜欢我吗？”, the word
orders of “我喜欢你们
。” and “你们喜欢我吗
？” are almost the
same, and students will
realize the second
sentence is a question
from the “?”. So
students can guess the
meaning of “你们喜欢

4. 我吗？”（Do you like
me?）. If the answer is
yes, the sentence “我们
喜欢你”（We like you.
）will be taught as the
answer to the question.
Learning episode
Teacher will ask some
students “你喜欢我吗
？”（Do you like me?）
, and teach the right
way to answer the
question: YES: 我喜欢
你（I like you）; NO:
我不喜欢你（I don’t
like you）. Here, the
negative form “不” will
be introduced to
students.
Time: 2mins
Learning episode
Inductive presentation
of grammar point:
Time: 3min

5. Question1. What’s the
difference between “我
喜欢你们，”and ”你们
喜欢我吗？”（One is a
statement and the
other is a question）.
Question2. What’s the
difference between the
forms of two
sentences? (the
question have a “吗”at
the end of the question)
Question3.According to
these two sentences,
how can we change a
statement into a
question in Chinese?
(put a “吗” at the end
of the sentence)
Question4.How many
answers does the
question have? (two)
Question5. What kinds

6. of the two answers? (A
positive answer, which
means yes, and a
negative answer which
means No).
Question6. So this is a
yes or no question, now
can you tell me how to
change a statement
into a yes or no
question?
Learning episode
The word “是”(means
be or am/is/are in
English) will be taught
to students.(in the
structure: “我是XX”I am
XX.) Then,
contextualized practice,
the practice is “find
Elle”, students will be
assigned different
names and they need to
Time: 3min

7. ask others by asking “你
是Elle 吗？”，and the
answer should be “我不
是Elle, 我是XX。” （
negative）or “我是
Elle.”(positive).
The communicative
practice will be an
assignment, students
are required to said “我
喜欢你，你喜欢我吗
？”(I like you, do you
like me?) to the person
they like.
Materials needed for this lesson
Black/white board, chalks/markers,
computers, projector, name card