Before You Listen
1. What can you see?
2. When would church bells not ring? Choose one of the following:
a) a wedding
b) a national celebration
c) to wake up the priest for an early services.
3. Which one of these words do you expect to hear in the story?
bells * ropes * carol * bishop * actress
Listening: Quick Check - choose from words below to fill the gaps
1. There once was a ----- church with a bell tower
2. Bob Buxton ----- the church bell for sixty five years.
3. On his --- birthday Bob ---
4. They bishop said, "I can't find anyone to --- you, Bob.
5. The bishop's -- is getting married.
rung * tall * tiny * retired * niece * 9th * 90th * release * replace
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Bell Idiom - Reading Worksheet * Vocabulary Extension Worksheet.
1. There once was a ----- church with a bell tower
2. Bob Buxton ----- the church bell for sixty five years.
3. On his --- birthday Bob ---
4. They bishop said, "I can't find anyone to --- you, Bob.
5. The bishop's -- is getting married.
rung * tall * tiny * retired * niece * 9th * 90th * release * replace
Read & listen to the whole story here free with no ads
Bell Idiom - Reading Worksheet * Vocabulary Extension Worksheet.