Passive Participle Purpose

1. Not wanting to hear anything insulting / insulted, I left the room hastily so that nobody would utter / not to utter a word.

2. Everybody waited until the sandwiches would be brought / were brought so as to / so that to taste them first.

3. In his spare time, he read the current research journals in order that to / so as to understand the implications  of the experiments performed / performing throughout the world.

4. Many restaurants offer fixed / fixing -price menus so that a customer would not spend / so as not to spend a lot of time to order.

5. In 1834, the Houses of Parliament, having destroyed / destroyed by fire, were rebuilt / would be rebuilt by Sir Charles Barry.

6. He has been noticed being followed / has noticed to be followed by some men.

7. If we shall be caught eavesdropped / are caught eavesdropping we shall be scolded / we shall be scolding.

8. I called to ask if my leather wallet had found / had been found.

9. Hearing / Heard the barking of a dog, followed / following him, he ran so that not to be / so as not to be surreptitiously bitten.

10. Nothing has changed / is being changed in our small town since I left it.

11. You can feel when you are watched / are watching.

12. This old hotel has reconstructed / has been reconstructed several times in order to attract more guests.

13. She kept an eye on the child so as not to pull / so that it would not pull any mischievous prank.

14. After a few routine questions had been asked / so as to ask , the interviewee leant back in his chair and smiled at his interviewer.

15. Many excellent and expensive houses are being erected / are erecting in our city.

16. When a small boy with a partly deflated / is deflated red balloon had run out into the busy street to let /so that the balloon fly, he was immediately captured / immediately captured and dragged back to the curb by his father.

17. She put on some slow music so that to soothe / to soothe her nerves.