Fence

Verb + fence

  • climb over a fence

  • put up a fence

  • mend a fence

Adjective + fence

  • the garden fence

  • a high / low fence

  • an electrified fence

  • a barbed-wire fence

Exercises

Verb + fence

  1. The neighbor’s son often climbs over the fence into our garden to get his ball back.

  2. It took me two days to put up a new fence in the back garden after it fell down in the high winds last week.

  3. I’ve got to mend our fence this weekend. I hit it with my car!

Adjective + fence

  1. We put up a barbed-wire fence to stop sheep getting into our garden. -d

  2. Our garden fence is too high, for children to climb over. - c

  3. Our garden fence needs a new coat of paint. - a

  4. The field next to us has an electrified fence to keep the cows from escaping. - b