What tense is used to talk about the earlier past, ...

★ Narrative Tenses

What tense is used to talk about the earlier past, i.e. things which happened before the main event?

A. Future perfect

B. Past simple

C. Past continuous

D. Past perfect simple

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What is the meaning of the phrasal verb ‘brush up’ in the given context?

A. to learn a new skill or language by practising it rather than being taught

B. to absorb, understand

C. to manage to live or do a particular thing using the money, knowledge, equipment, etc. that you have

D. to quickly improve a skill, especially when you haven’t used it for a long time