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Watch the video and explain: 1-What do people do on Pancake Day? 2-What is the origin of this celebration? Learn more about pancake day . CLICK HERE

Watch the video and answer these questions: 1-When did Mardi Gras celebrations start in New Orleans? What's the most popular type of entertainment? 2-What is the origin of the term 'carnival'? Can you explain the origin of the celebration? 3-Why do people in Venice cover their faces with masks? 4-Apart from the European, what other cultures have influenced Carnival in Brazil? 5- What does Mardi Gras mean?

What  stands for  the thing(s) that/which:   I didn't understand  what  he was saying.  ( the things that  he was saying) Is this  what  you want?  ( the thing that  you want) What  is different from the other relative pronouns in that it does not refer back to a noun: I wrote my essay on  a photo which  was taken by Robert Capa.  ( which  refers to  a photo ) That's not  what  we agreed on.  ( what  does not refer to a noun) For this reason,  what  can't be used instead of  who, whom, whose, which  or  that  in relative clauses: I wrote my essay on  a photo  what  which  was taken by Robert Capa. When in doubt, replace  what  with  t he thing(s) that/which  and see if the sentence is still grammatically correct.

DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

Listen to a radio programme and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills. CLICK HERE

Pamela Gail Johnson discusses Valentine's Day by the numbers on television in Fargo, North Dakota.

From the zany to the dangerous to the just plain dumb, here is TIME's list (in no particular order) of some of the world's bright ideas that just didn't work out. Click on the invention to learn more about it. Segway New Coke Clippy Agent Orange CueCat Subprime Mortgages Crinoline Nintendo Virtual Boy Farmville Hydrogenated Oils Honegar Hydrogen Blimps Hair in a Can DDT Auto-Tune Red Dye No. 2 Ford Pinto Parachute Jacket Betamax Baby Cage Tanning Beds Crocs Hula Chair Foursquare Pop-Up Ads Phone Fingers CFCs Plastic Grocery Bags Bumpit Electric Facial Mask Sony CD Copy Protection Venetian-Blind Sunglasses Pet Spa Pontiac Aztek Snuggie for Dogs Mizar Flying Car Asbestos Olestra Comfort Wipe Fake Ponytails HeadOn Pay Toilets Tamagotchis Leaded Gasoline Vibrating Ab Belt Spam E-mail Smell-o-Vision Smile Checks Microsoft Bob Vio

The 50 Worst Inventions :  here is TIME's list (in no particular order) of some of the world's bright ideas that just didn't work out fIFQFETZHKX