Illustrated Car Interior Vocabulary
Twenty common words used to describe parts of a car interior. You can download this image as an A4/A3 wall poster from our free ESL posters page.
Vocabulary in context
Below, you see the words used in example sentences- accelerator (UK): I wanted to go faster, so I put my foot on the accelerator.
- brake: I pressed the brakes and tried to stop.
- clutch: Putting your foot on the clutch disengages the gears.
- emergency brake (US): The footbrake wasn’t working, so I used the emergency brake.
- gas pedal (US): I wanted to go faster, so I put my foot on the gas pedal.
- gear lever (UK): I put my hand on the gear lever so I could change gears.
- gearshift (US): I put my hand on the gear shift so I could change gears.
- gear stick (US): I put my hand on the gear stick so I could change gears.
- handbrake (UK): The footbrake wasn’t working, so I used the handbrake.
- ignition key: I turned the ignition key and started the car.
- seat belt: Â As soon as I got in the car, I put on my seat belt.
- steering wheel: Â A driver should always have at least one hand on the steering wheel.
- speedometer: Â I checked the speedometer to see how fast we were going.