Parts of a car – internal

Inside a car

Your score	Vocabulary	Example sentence / notes
0/0	an air vent	‘Can you close the air vents?’
0/0	air conditioning	‘Can you turn the air conditioning up, please?’
0/0	an interior light	‘Can you turn the interior light on?’
0/0	a dashboard	‘Don’t forget to put the parking permit on the dashboard.’
0/0	a fan	‘The fan is broken, so it’s very hot in the car.’
0/0	a floor mat	‘We need to buy some new floor mats. These are rather worn.’
0/0	a gear stick	‘The gear stick on this car is behind the steering wheel.’ American English = ‘a gear shift’
0/0	a glovebox	‘The insurance documents are in the glovebox.’
0/0	a handbrake	‘Don’t forget to apply the handbrake at the end of the journey.’
0/0	a headrest	‘The headrests can be adjusted if needed.’
0/0	a heated seat	‘Does the car have heated seats?’
0/0	a heater	‘The heater is broken. It’s very cold in the car in winter.’
0/0	a petrol gauge	‘The petrol gauge is showing that we don’t have much fuel left.’
0/0	a rearview mirror	‘Don’t forget to check the rear-view mirror before indicating.’
0/0	a sat nav	‘I’m not too sure where it is, so I’ll use the sat nav.’ Or ‘a GPS’
0/0	a seat	‘There are two seats in the front of the car and three seats in the back.’
0/0	a seat belt	‘Have you fastened your seat belt? The warning light on the dashboard is on.’
0/0	a speedometer	‘The speedometer on this car shows the speed in both miles per hour and kilometres per hour.’
0/0	a steering wheel	‘The controls for the radio are on the steering wheel.’
0/0	a warning light	‘A warning light is on. We might need to take the car to the garage.’