Question

1. An increase in workers’ compensation (WC) insurance premiums has been observed in our company over the past 12 months.

2. In addition, employees have taken more sick days this year.
3. On March 1 you asked me to research some options to reduce WC claims and ameliorate the health of our employees.
4. I recommend that we introduce an employee fitness program in several stages, beginning in June.
5. With a fitness program, we can ensure the health and safety of each and every employee.
6. I offer my full support with implementing this program.
7. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions.
8. According to researchers, workplace fitness is important for many reasons.

Required:
a. How many examples of passive voice does your rough draft contain? Which sentences are they?
b. How many state-of-being verbs does your rough draft contain? Which sentences are they?
c. Which sentence contains an expletive?

Answer 1

a. There is one example of a passive voice in the draft. The passive voice is used in sentences 1.

b. There is only one state-of-being word in the draft. It is in sentence 8. In sentence 8, it explains how important workplace fitness is.

c. Sentence 7 contains an expletive. It is the phrase "don't hesitate to." The sentence could have been written as "Please, contact me with any questions," without the expletive.

Step-by-step explanation:

a. Passive voice: In a passive voice, the action is performed on the subject, who receives the action, while in an active voice, the subject performs the action.

b. State-of-being verbs: are linking verbs that identify who or what a noun is or was. They include "is," "am," "be," "been," "being," "was," "were," and "are."

c. Expletive is an empty word or phrase that conveys no additional or independent meaning.