Mending Fences

Listen to the podcast.
Listen to find out about the Howard family.

How many people are there in the family? five
What are their names and what are there places in the family?

Jack and Helen are the parents
Fred is the oldest child. He is one of their two sons.
Alicia is the second child. She is their daughter.
Tod is their youngest child. He is their second son.

Listen to the podcast again.
Answer the questions.

1 What is the Howard family going to do?

play baseball outside
plant a garden
clean up the yard

2 When are they going to do it?

on Friday afternoon
on Saturday
on Sunday

3 What is the weather going to be like on Sunday?

It's going to be sunny and warm.
It's going to snow.
It's going to rain.

4 What is Fred going to do with the old chairs?

paint them
throw them out
sit down in them

5 What are Helen and Alicia going to do?
wash the car
wash the bicycles
wash the windows

6 What is Jack going to mend?
the door
the fence
the screen

7 Who are the Howard's neighbours?
the Harpers
the Chans
the Laytons

8 What is the name of Jack's dog?
Molson
Heinekin
Steamwhistle

9 Why does Jack have to mend fences with the Chans?

because his dog dug up their garden
because his son broke their window with a baseball
because he made a lot of noise and disturbed them

10 Where is Steamwhistle brewed?

in Montreal
in Halifax
in Toronto


Have you ever heard the saying 'Good fences make good neighbours.'? What do you think it means? Do you think it's true?

The idea is that people are happiest when they mind their own business and respect the other persons boundaries or privacy and the best way to do that is with clearly defined limits such as fences.