Verb Second

In a German statement the conjugated verb always takes second place. The subject usually comes first, but when a sentence starts with something else, such as a time word like heute or morgen, a place like hier or a word like leider, the subject moves behind the verb: Heute habe ich keine Zeit (today I have no time), never "Heute ich habe". A second verb goes to the very end: Leider kann ich nicht kommen (unfortunately I can't come).

• W-questions: question word + verb + subject: Wo wohnst du? (where do you live?)
• Yes/no questions: the verb comes first: Sprichst du Deutsch? (do you speak German?)

In these exercises, the tile with a capital letter that is not a noun starts the sentence.