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PASSIVE IN PRESENT TENSE The research is taken to identify the correlation between
social media and anxiety among teenagers.
The data analysis techniques are chosen (by the researcher
team) to triangulate the data.
PASSIVE IN FUTURE TENSE The participants are going to be interviewed using an online
platform.
The data will be calculated in SPSS 26.

Read the following Abstract sample and pay attention on passive sentences in bold. Can you

differentiate the present and future passive sentences?
Abstract

Fasting is a practice found in many cultures both ancient and modern. Although, fasting
(religious or otherwise) are considered to result in many physiological, biochemical,
metabolic and spiritual changes in the body, there is no clear scientific consensus on its
beneficial effects on health. Also, despite the popularity and potential promise of therapeutic
fasting as a preventive measure, little is known about the prevalence of therapeutic fasting
use. This study will seek to discuss whether fasting correlates with wellness. The data
collection will apply quantitative method with a survey. The respondents will be randomly
selected from Muslim communities in Java. The quantitative data are going to be processed
with Pearson’s Correlation test in SPSS 26. As previous studies also discussed about the
advantages of fasting on health, it is expected that this study will prove that fasting on
Ramadan and other fasting methods have positive effects on human health.

Keywords: Fasting, Ramadan fasting, integrative medicine

Activity

Now, it’s time for you to do the exercises. Complete the sentences below using passive
in present and future tense.

1. The students in the control and experiment group ………………………. (observe) to

monitor the progress.

2. The data ……………………….. (collect) using a questionnaire on students’ engagement.

3. It ………………………. (assume) that social media has contributed on the low self-

acceptance level on teenagers.
4. The respondents ………………………. (give) a consent form before the research starts.

5. Samples ………………………. (recruit) from students in their last semester since the

study requires data on the process of writing undergraduate thesis.

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