English Content Upgrading Exemption Test

Dear me! Sat for a terrible paper yesterday at school! wah..its actually an exemption test whereby to test students on the technical aspects of grammar. Successful candidates who cleared the paper can opt not to sit for the module or do another round of testing...

I went through a gruelling 45 minutes of the test and have really felt terrible from the moment I opened the script..examples of the questions given(From what I can remember la...dun quote me wor...it's that scary!!)

Question:In the phrase "The Sun's visible surface", the head of the phrase is:

A) The C)The Sun
B) Sun D) visible surface

Or how about this?

Question: In line 3 the phrase "For some time after the hurricane," is NOT n adverbial clause because it is used as a/an

A)complement to the noun phrase "hurricane"
B)preposition to the next clause
C)noun phrase
D)subjugate conjunction




Question: Which of the following phrases is passive?

A)is complicated C) had
B)is produced D) had called

Question:Which of the following is true in Line 2-3 in Text 1?

A)"Although (line 2)and "Like" (line 3) belong to the same classifcation of words because they are linking two facts together.
B)"Although (line 2) and "Like" (line 3)belong to the same classification of words because they are comparative in nature.
C)"Although" and "Like" belong to two different family of words because the former is used as a comparative whereas the latter is used as an adverbial which precedes a noun phrase.
D)"Although" and "Like" belong to two different family of words because the former is used as a verb linking two sentences whereas the latter is used a preposition which links up facts related to the subject.

eh? Greek to me lei....it really seemed like forever for me when I really had to try to figure out what does an "adverbial clause" mean or "conjuction" or "preposition phrase", or "embedded noun phrase".
Din really prepare for it but only a brief glance through the grammar book that my colleague had lent me... How do teach English like that?

Can really identify with the kids now when i asked them to check their exam papers and they could not check....why? because they don't even know what they are checking!! they could not even understand or answer the questions!! hahaa....get a taste of my own medicine!!