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Watch the video twice. Answer questions 1 to 4 in no more than 2 sentences.

1. What kind of clothes did pirates wear and why?

2. What was the significance of an earring or a coin in a pirate’s ear?

3. What were pirates’ flags like and what did they symbolise?

4. Enumerate the pirates’ customs and peculiarities that Billy Bones mentioned in his story.

Answer question 5, using between 50 and 75 words.

5. What trick did pirates’ ships often use when they saw a ship to loot? Why did they do it?