Passive Replace (PR) sits at the Passive row and Replace column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real Mfl lessons for KS3 that classify as PR, plus anti-examples that look PR but are not.

Listening to a target-language podcast with comprehension form

Year 8 · 35 min · 1 device per student or class display

Students listen to a five-minute podcast clip in the target language. The teacher plays it twice. Students answer six comprehension questions on a Microsoft Form.

Tools: Spotify, Microsoft Forms

Reading a target-language text on iPad with end-of-lesson quiz

Year 8 · 40 min · 1 device per student

Students read a 250-word text in the target language on their iPad about a teenager's daily routine. The teacher pre-teaches three new vocabulary items at the start. After 25 minutes of reading, students complete a five-question multiple-choice comprehension Form.

Tools: Microsoft Forms

Watching a target-language vlog with comprehension worksheet

Year 9 · 45 min · Class display

The class watches a vlog from a teenager in a target-language country (e.g. Spanish from Madrid, French from Quebec, Mandarin from Taipei). The vlog is 5 minutes long. Students complete a paper comprehension worksheet afterwards with eight questions in the target language.

Tools: YouTube

Lessons that look PR but are not

Useful counter-examples when you are checking your own lesson placement on the PICRAT grid.

This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and key stage. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.