Parts of a car – external

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Parts of a car – external

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External parts

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

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Translation, Example sentence / notes

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a bonnet

eine Motorhaube

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

American English = ‘a hood’

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a boot

ein Kofferraum

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

American English = ‘a trunk’

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a bumper

eine Stoßstange

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

American English = ‘a fender’

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a door

eine Tür

‘Did you remember to lock the car doors?’

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an exhaust

ein Auspuff

‘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

ein Reifen

‘Is there enough tread left on the tyres?’

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a wheel

ein Rad

‘My new car has alloy wheels.’

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a window

ein Fenster

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

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a windscreen

eine Windschutzscheibe

‘The windscreen needs cleaning after the journey.’

American English = ‘a windshield’

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a windscreen wiper

ein Scheibenwischer

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

American English = ‘a windshield wiper’

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a wing mirror

ein Außenspiegel

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

Lights

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

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Translation, Example sentence / notes

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a brake light

ein Bremslicht

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

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a bulb

eine Glühbirne

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

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a headlight

ein Scheinwerfer

‘The headlights are very powerful on this car.’

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an indicator

ein Blinker

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

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a side light

ein Seitenlicht

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

Other

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

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Translation, Example sentence / notes

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a gearbox

ein Schaltgetriebe

‘The car has an automatic gearbox.’

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a spare wheel

ein Reserverad

‘The spare wheel is in the boot.’

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suspension

die Federung

‘The suspension on this car is quite soft.’

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