Hey, Earl
Problem 1
Any string that starts with ye and ends with one or more s, with no other characters in between.
Problem 2
Any string that starts with yes and ends with zero or more spaces, with no other characters in between.
Problem 3
You could instead use, e.g., my name is (\S*) or my name is ([^\s]*).
Problem 4
^(EMMA)*$
Problem 5
EMMA, EMMAEMMA, EMMAEMMAEMMA
Problem 6
RODRIGO