Pirates

Vocabulary

What is the English for "un équipage"?

• a ship

• a crew

• a sail

• a chest

What does the word "sail" mean in French?

• naviguer

• piller

• voler

• vendre

How do you say "coffre (à trésor)?

• sail

• chest island

• chest

• peg leg

The history of piracy

When did pirates start becoming popular?

• in the 15th Century

• in the 16th Century

• In the 17th Century

• in the 18th Century

Which pirate really existed?

• Victor Mac Bernik

• Hector Barbossa

• Henry Morgan

• Monkey D.Luffy

Which pirate of the list is a fictional one?

• Blackbeard

• François l'Olonnais

• Jack Rackham

• Long John Silver

Complete the following sentence with the correct verb :

Pirates usually ... boiled turtle, dried meat and rotten bread on their ships.

Why did pirates wear eye patches?

• to scare their enemies

• to improve their eyesight

• to be stylish

• to protect their eyes

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the famous adventure story entitled Treasure ... in 1883.

Write the following sentence in English:

Un pirate enterrait souvent son trésor sur une île déserte.

Aides : bury (enterrer) - deserted (déserte)