As mad as a hatter

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit Author
As mad as a hatter
Main Subject
Category
ELT: Shopping
Resource type
Complete lesson
Skills
Speaking
Skills
Vocabulary learning

A quirky and engaging topic which gets students discussing headgear in their countries, working on hat idioms and word order in conditionals, browsing an internet shopping site to find information and new language and writing an advertisement.

Internet access in class is necessary for activities 3 and 4 and optional for activity 2.

An extract from the resource:

Activity 2 Vocabulary: hat idioms

The idioms below are all about hats or other headgear, but the words are in the wrong order.  Rewrite them in the correct order.

1.  of a drop hat the at

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2.  ahead want if a get get you hat to

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3.  hat old

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4.  talk hat through your

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