When Will We Have Flying Cars? Vocab & Comprehension Check L3

When Will We Have Flying Cars?
by Linda Ruggieri



Progress Monitoring- Comprehension Lesson

When Will We Have Flying Cars?

Vocabulary

design:
verb
definition: When you design something, you draw or make plans that show how it will look or how it will be made.

When Will We Have Flying Cars?

Vocabulary

design:


Example sentences:

He designs costumes for movies.

She designed the new art museum for the city.

When Will We Have Flying Cars?

Vocabulary

develop:
verb
definition: When a scientist or business develops something, they create it starting from nothing.

When Will We Have Flying Cars?

Vocabulary

develop:


Example sentences:

The company developed a new version of the game last year and now people can buy it online.

Scientists are developing a new kind of plastic.

When Will We Have Flying Cars?

Vocabulary

solution:
noun

definition: An answer to a problem

When Will We Have Flying Cars?

Vocabulary

solution:


Example sentences:
This was a dilemma for which there was no solution.

The students found the solution to the problem by multiplying.

Multiple Choice

He _____ costumes for movies.

• develops

• designs

• solution

Multiple Choice

The company _____ a new version of the game last year and now people can buy it online.

• develops

• solutions

Multiple Choice

The students found the ____ to the problem by multiplying

• design

• solution

• develops

When Will We Have Flying Cars?

People have been trying to build a flying car for a long time. Nobody has made one that is safe yet. But engineers keep trying!

One problem for them is designing the car's wings. The wings must not stick out into other lanes when the car is on the road.

Engineers are trying to solve this problem. They are working on two kinds of flying cars with folding parts. Folding parts may be a solution to the wing problem.

One of the cars being developed is the Transition. It has blades that spin and lift the car. They fold against the car's sides when the car is on the ground.

The other car being developed is the Skycar. It has wings with big propellers. Its wings can fold up and be put in the car's trunk.

When Will We Have Flying Cars? (continued)

Flying cars will not just fly up from the road. They will have to take off from an airport runway. Some people want to own them anyway.

When will people be able to buy flying cars? Nobody knows. But one company already has a hundred people waiting for them!

So put on your seat belts! Get ready for takeoff! Someday cars may be on the road and in the air!

Multiple Choice

Which people are trying to build flying cars?

• engineers

• airplane pilots

• racecar drivers

Multiple Choice

What is a main problem engineers are trying to solve to make flying cars?

• Flying cars need wings that will not stick out into other lanes of the road.

• Flying cars need to have a special kind of gas to be able to fly

• Flying cars need to be able to fly up into the air straight from the road.

Multiple Choice

Read these sentences from the text.

"People have been trying to build a flying car for a long time. [...] Nobody is sure when flying cars will be available, but one company already has a hundred customers waiting for one."

What can you conclude based on this evidence?

• Engineers are very close to inventing a flying car.

• Many people are excited about flying cars.

• People are not interested in cars that can fly.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of this article?

• Flying cars will need to take off from an airport runway, instead of just flying up from the road.

• Engineers are trying to make flying cars, but first they have to solve the problems of flying cars by finding different solutions.

• Engineers are developing a flying car called the Skycar, which has wings that can fold up and fit in the car's trunk.