English Lessons -- From the Bible: Book of Mark by Glenda Reese

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 This book is a great book for those who have less than 1000 high frequency words in English. It teaches all the basic grammar items and simple comprehension passages from the book of Mark. Here are some sample pages.


 









The pdf version can be downloaded here


The teacher's guides are found here https://www.sendrelief.org/projects/esl-classes/







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