Algeria's International Book Fair Draws Over 6.2 Million Visitors
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A big book fair in Algeria has finished. It is called SILA. This is the 29th year for the fair.
More than 6.2 million people came to see it. They came before 6 November. This is a very big number.
On the last day, many people came too. It was a record number of visitors for that day.
The fair is called the Algiers International Book Fair. People come to look at books. They can buy books too.
Readers in Algeria like many kinds of books. The fair shows many topics and titles.
The fair is now closed. People say it was a big success this year.
Vocabulary15 words
- fair
- a big event where people show and sell things
- record
- the best or biggest number ever
- visitors
- people who come to see a place or event
- topics
- subjects that people talk or write about
- titles
- the names of books
- edition
- one time an event happens, like this year's fair
- international
- from many different countries
- closed
- not open anymore
- success
- when something goes very well
- crowd
- many people together in one place
- annual
- happening once every year
- literature
- books and writing, like stories and poems
- attendance
- the number of people who came
- publisher
- a person or company that makes books
- culture
- art, books, and ideas of a country
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1. More than 6.2 million 2. It had a record number of visitors 3. False
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A big book _____ in Algeria has finished. It is called SILA. This is the 29th year for the fair.
More than 6.2 million people came to see it. They came before _____ November. This is a very big number.
On the last day, many people came too. It was a _____ number of visitors for that day.
The fair is called the Algiers International Book _____. People come to look at books. They can buy books too.
Readers in Algeria like many kinds of books. The fair shows many topics and _____.
The fair is now _____. People say it was a big success this year.
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