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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

past tense

which is correct .. taught science before recess or were teaching science before recess
  

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These are not complete sentences, so the context would have to be determined in order to decide; for example, the following are correct in their respective contexts: Science was being taught before recess. All the teachers were teaching science before recess. Today my child was taught science before recess.

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  • These are not complete sentences, so the context would have to be determined in order to decide; for example, the following are correct in their respective contexts: Science was being taught before recess.
  • All the teachers were teaching science before recess.
  • Today my child was taught science before recess.
  • All the teachers said they were teaching science before recess.
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These are not complete sentences, so the context would have to be determined in order to decide; for example, the following are correct in their respective contexts:

Science was being taught before recess.

All the teachers were teaching science before recess.

Today my child was taught science before recess.

All the teachers said they were teaching science before
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Anonymouswhich is correct
As isolated sentence fragments, the same expression is usually correct in ALL tenses. These (and more) are all correct:

teaches science
will teach science
had taught science
will be teaching science
has been teaching science
should have been teaching science
is teaching science
was teaching scienc
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