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Oh no! I just ran out of gas! My light just turned on, and now I need to head to the gas station. Oh no! My car won't turn on. I ran out of gas! I might have to push my car all the way to the gas station... I need to find the closest gas station, so I'm going to use the GPS on my phone. Now I have to push my car all the way to the gas station. At least it's only one mile away...

Hello, everybody! Welcome back to my YouTube channel. My name's Ariannita la Gringa, and in today's video, I will teach all of you gas station vocabulary. As you just saw, I ran out of gas, and I had to push my car all the way to this gas station. This is a gas station where I will fill my car up with gas.

What it Means to Run Out of Gas

If someone says, "I ran out of gas," that just means they don't have any gas in their gas tank, and they can't keep driving a car or a truck because they don't have any more fuel.

And if you do run out of gas, here are some more phrases you can say:

"I need to fill up my gas tank."

"I need gas."

"I need to fill up my car or my truck with gas."How to Tell if Your Car is Low on Gas

How do I know if my car ran out of gas? First, I will open the door, hop into my car, and then turn on the car with the car key. Once you turn on the car, this is the dashboard, and you'll see a bunch of bright lights on the dashboard.

Right now, you can see my fuel gauge or my gas gauge, and the arrow is closer to 'E'. 'E' stands for empty, so that means my car is running out of gas (it's almost empty). Now, if this fuel gauge was closer to 'F', 'F' stands for full, that means I would have a full gas tank. Thank God I'm at the gas station because I will finally fill up my car with gas.

Another way to tell if your car or your truck is running out of gas is by waiting for a yellow light to turn on. This is the yellow light, and it's right next to the fuel gauge or the gas gauge. In my car or in this SUV, when this yellow light turns on, that does not mean that my gas tank is completely empty. That means that I still have around 18 to 20 miles left, but I still have to be aware and head to the nearest gas station because I'm running low on gas.

"Gas" vs. "Gasoline"

Now, a lot of people might get confused because in English, we refer to gasoline as "gas," so some people might think I'm talking about the substance (the gas in the air... not the solid and not the liquid). In English, we like to shorten gasoline, and we call it gas. So next time that you hear that someone is going to fill up their car with gas or if they're heading to the gas station, that means they're going to the "gasoline station." But in English, we don't say "gasoline station"; we just shorten this word, and we say gas station.

Gas Station Convenience Store

In most gas stations, you'll find a small convenience store, and sometimes inside the store, there might be a fast-food chain like White Castle, or even over there at that gas station, they have Subway and Dunkin Donuts. So this is what the convenience store looks like. Inside the gas station, you can buy some snacks, you can use the restroom, you can get something to drink, and then you can also go over there and eat something at White Castle.

Pumping Gas: The Process

Now it's time to fill up my car with gas, so to fill it up, I will have to park my car over there at one of the gas pumps. But where is the gas tank door? Well, some cars vary, but normally it's either on the left side or the right side, next to the rear tire. So my SUV has the gas tank door on the left side, so I will have to park this side of the car (the left side) next to one of these gas pumps.

Now if you don't want to hop outside your car and see where your gas tank door is at, you can just look on the dashboard, and you'll see a little arrow pointing to which side. So the arrow is pointing to the left side, so that means my gas tank door is on the left side.

After you park your car, you'll have to turn off the car or turn off the engine, and some cars will have a little lever to open up the gas tank door or the fuel door. This SUV doesn't have that; I actually have to get outside the car and open it up. This is the gas tank door or the fuel door, and now it's open.

Here in the United States, you actually have to pump your own gas, so you physically have to get out of the car because there won't be an attendant to pump the gas for you. But in the U.S., there's actually one state that has full-service gas, and that state is New Jersey. Right now, I'm currently in Ohio, so I physically have to pump my own gas, but in New Jersey, there's an attendant who will pump the gas for you. So let me know down below in the comments if you have a full-service gas station in your country where you have an attendant pumping your gas for you, or do you have a self-service gas station where you actually have to get out of the car and pump your own gas?