DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the action verb or verb phrase in each sentence. (25 points)
*You may only put EXACTLY one or two words in each box for your answer.
2. If there is one, identify the direct object in each sentence.
If there is not one, write “NONE” in the box. (25 points)
*You may only put EXACTLY one word in each box for your answer.
3. Identify if the action verb is transitive or intransitive. (25 points)
*Select one of the options from the multiple choices listed.
Verb/Phrase: Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first successful airplane.
Direct Object: Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first successful airplane.
Verb Type: Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first successful airplane.
Verb/Phrase: They built their machine in Ohio.
Direct Object: They built their machine in Ohio.
Verb Type: They built their machine in Ohio.
Verb/Phrase: They took it to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, for its first flight.
Direct Object: They took it to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, for its first flight.
Verb Type: They took it to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, for its first flight.
Verb/Phrase: Orville Wright flew the first airplane on December 17, 1903.
Direct Object: Orville Wright flew the first airplane on December 17, 1903.
Verb Type: Orville Wright flew the first airplane on December 17, 1903.
Verb/Phrase: The winds at Kitty Hawk blew steadily that day.
Direct Object: The winds at Kitty Hawk blew steadily that day.
Verb Type: The winds at Kitty Hawk blew steadily that day.
Verb/Phrase: The twelve-horsepower engine sputtered.
Direct Object: The twelve-horsepower engine sputtered.
Verb Type: The twelve-horsepower engine sputtered.
Verb/Phrase: Soon it lifted the 750-pound plane into the air for a flight of 120 feet.
Direct Object: Soon it lifted the 750-pound plane into the air for a flight of 120 feet.
Verb Type: Soon it lifted the 750-pound plane into the air for a flight of 120 feet.
Verb/Phrase: Orville’s brother, Wilbur, ran alongside.
Direct Object: Orville’s brother, Wilbur, ran alongside.
Verb Type: Orville’s brother, Wilbur, ran alongside.
Verb/Phrase: This first flight lasted only twelve seconds.
Direct Object: This first flight lasted only twelve seconds.
Verb Type: This first flight lasted only twelve seconds.
Verb/Phrase: The Wright brothers made three more flights that day.
Direct Object: The Wright brothers made three more flights that day.
Verb Type: The Wright brothers made three more flights that day.
Verb/Phrase: The longest one lasted fifty-nine seconds.
Direct Object: The longest one lasted fifty-nine seconds.
Verb Type: The longest one lasted fifty-nine seconds.
Verb/Phrase: Few newspapers carried news about the first flight.
Direct Object: Few newspapers carried news about the first flight.
Verb Type: Few newspapers carried news about the first flight.
Verb/Phrase: The brothers made improvements on their airplane and their flight techniques.
Direct Object: The brothers made improvements on their airplane and their flight techniques.
Verb Type: The brothers made improvements on their airplane and their flight techniques.
Verb/Phrase: Other designers worked hard.
Direct Object: Other designers worked hard.
Verb Type: Other designers worked hard.
Verb/Phrase: More successful airplanes appeared.
Direct Object: More successful airplanes appeared.
Verb Type: More successful airplanes appeared.
Verb/Phrase: Of course, the first pilots had no flight instructors.
Direct Object: Of course, the first pilots had no flight instructors.
Verb Type: Of course, the first pilots had no flight instructors.
Verb/Phrase: Louis Blériot flew across the English Channel in 1909.
Direct Object: Louis Blériot flew across the English Channel in 1909.
Verb Type: Louis Blériot flew across the English Channel in 1909.
Verb/Phrase: In 1910, Glenn H. Curtiss piloted his craft from Albany to New York City.
Direct Object: In 1910, Glenn H. Curtiss piloted his craft from Albany to New York City.
Verb Type: In 1910, Glenn H. Curtiss piloted his craft from Albany to New York City.
Verb/Phrase: Airplane technology grew quickly.
Direct Object: Airplane technology grew quickly.
Verb Type: Airplane technology grew quickly.
Verb/Phrase: At first, persons used open fields as airports.
Direct Object: At first, persons used open fields as airports.
Verb Type: At first, persons used open fields as airports.
Verb/Phrase: Some airports today retain the word, field, in their names.
Direct Object: Some airports today retain the word, field, in their names.
Verb Type: Some airports today retain the word, field, in their names.
Verb/Phrase: Air fields operated as early as 1909.
Direct Object: Air fields operated as early as 1909.
Verb Type: Air fields operated as early as 1909.
Verb/Phrase: Workers built twenty airports in three years.
Direct Object: Workers built twenty airports in three years.
Verb Type: Workers built twenty airports in three years.
Verb/Phrase: In 1914, the First World War began.
Direct Object: In 1914, the First World War began.
Verb Type: In 1914, the First World War began.
Verb/Phrase: Both sides in the war found new uses for airplanes.
Direct Object: Both sides in the war found new uses for airplanes.
Verb Type: Both sides in the war found new uses for airplanes.