noun · neutral
parking
UK/ˈpɑːkɪŋ/US/ˈpɑːrkɪŋ/PARK·ing
Band 4-5speakingtask2
the act or place of leaving a vehicle temporarily; a place where vehicles can be left
Examples
“There is limited parking near the beach during summer.”
“She forgot to pay for parking and got a fine.”
“Parking is free after 6 pm in that area.”
Band 8 sentence
“To tackle the shortage of parking, the council introduced time-limited spaces and higher fines for illegal parking.”
Collocations
- parking space
- paid/free parking
- parking fine
Word family
park verbparking lot noun phrase
Common mistakes
There is no park near my office.→There is no parking near my office.
I parked my car on a parking lot.→I parked my car in a parking lot.
Say it for a higher band
5park→6car park→7+parking
Synonyms
car park
Easily confused
parking lot
“The shopping centre has a large parking lot behind the building.”
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