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were tutoring

  • past progressive
    of tutor.
    tutor
    noun
    a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.

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The two forms of educational institutions available were tutoring offered within monasteries and schools associated with cathedrals.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2020

But I just had to learn these things, first because we were tutoring quite challenged students, sometimes kids who couldn't even count by twos in grade six. 

From Scientific American Oct. 10, 2013