Parts of a car – external

External parts

Your score	Vocabulary	Example sentence / notes
0/0	a bonnet	‘Make sure you close the bonnet properly after checking the oil.’ American English = ‘a hood’
0/0	a boot	‘There’s a warning triangle in the boot in case you break down.’ American English = ‘a trunk’
0/0	a bumper	‘There’s a big scratch on the front bumper.’ American English = ‘a fender’
0/0	a door	‘Did you remember to lock the car doors?’
0/0	an exhaust	‘The exhaust is very loud. I’ll take the car to the garage to get it checked.’ American English = ‘a tailpipe’
0/0	a tyre	‘Is there enough tread left on the tyres?’
0/0	a wheel	‘My new car has alloy wheels.’
0/0	a window	‘You need to open the window to take the car park ticket from the barrier.’
0/0	a windscreen	‘The windscreen needs cleaning after the journey.’ American English = ‘a windshield’
0/0	a windscreen wiper	‘We need to replace the windscreen wipers soon, they’re quite old.’ American English = ‘a windshield wiper’
0/0	a wing mirror	‘One of the wing mirrors is broken and needs replacing.’

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Example sentence / notes

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a bonnet

‘Make sure you close the bonnet properly after checking the oil.’

American English = ‘a hood’

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a boot

‘There’s a warning triangle in the boot in case you break down.’

American English = ‘a trunk’

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a bumper

‘There’s a big scratch on the front bumper.’

American English = ‘a fender’

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a door

‘Did you remember to lock the car doors?’

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an exhaust

‘The exhaust is very loud. I’ll take the car to the garage to get it checked.’

American English = ‘a tailpipe’

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a tyre

‘Is there enough tread left on the tyres?’

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a wheel

‘My new car has alloy wheels.’

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a window

‘You need to open the window to take the car park ticket from the barrier.’

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a windscreen

‘The windscreen needs cleaning after the journey.’

American English = ‘a windshield’

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a windscreen wiper

‘We need to replace the windscreen wipers soon, they’re quite old.’

American English = ‘a windshield wiper’

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a wing mirror

‘One of the wing mirrors is broken and needs replacing.’

Lights

Your score	Vocabulary	Example sentence / notes
0/0	a brake light	‘One of the brake lights isn’t working.’
0/0	a bulb	‘There’s a spare bulb in the glovebox.’
0/0	a headlight	‘The headlights are very powerful on this car.’
0/0	an indicator	‘I’m not sure the indicators are working properly.’
0/0	a side light	‘I often turn the side lights on in daytime.’

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Example sentence / notes

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a brake light

‘One of the brake lights isn’t working.’

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a bulb

‘There’s a spare bulb in the glovebox.’

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a headlight

‘The headlights are very powerful on this car.’

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an indicator

‘I’m not sure the indicators are working properly.’

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a side light

‘I often turn the side lights on in daytime.’

Other

Your score	Vocabulary	Example sentence / notes
0/0	a gearbox	‘The car has an automatic gearbox.’
0/0	a spare wheel	‘The spare wheel is in the boot.’
0/0	suspension	‘The suspension on this car is quite soft.’

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Example sentence / notes

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a gearbox

‘The car has an automatic gearbox.’

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a spare wheel

‘The spare wheel is in the boot.’

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suspension

‘The suspension on this car is quite soft.’

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