Directions: Identify and label the action verbs and direct objects. Example: Nonetheless, airports created problems for some persons. verb = created direct object = problems 1. The pilot started the airplane. 2. Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first successful airplane. 3. They built their machine in Ohio. 4. They took it to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, for its first flight. 5. Orville Wright flew the first airplane on December 17, 1903. 6. The winds at Kitty Hawk blew steadily that day. 7. The twelve-horsepower engine sputtered. 8. Soon it lifted the 750-pound plane into the air for a flight of 120 feet. 9. Orville's brother, Wilbur, ran alongside. 10. This first flight lasted only twelve seconds.