[Mr. E English]

Yeah, the old Mr. Bean shows are fail-safe.

One of the many ways in which I use them is for speaking practice of present continuous.

Put students in pairs. Student A sits with their back to the TV screen. Student B sits in front of student A so that they can see the screen. Play the video. As Mr Bean runs around making trouble for myself student B describes what he's doing to student A, e.g. "He's running along the side of the swimming pool. He's looking at the diving board. He's climbing the ladder to the top of the diving board. He's panicing.' Continue this for 5 minutes and then change the student's roles.

For feedback get the students to tell you what Mr Bean did - good practice of past simple.