tutor
noun
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
were tutoring
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past progressiveof tutor.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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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
