Taught is both the past and past participle form of the verb teach. Taut is an adjective that means strained, pulled tight, or tidy.
Examples:
- I'm always ready to learn though I don't always like being taught.
- Mr. Jumpers has taught at the community college for the past 30 years.
- Over and over the spider pulls the web taut and then slackens it.
Practice:
(a) My parents _____ me I could be anything in the world that I wanted to be.
(b) The actor's skin was _____ from more than one face-lift.
(c) She has _____ courses in speech, drama, and public relations.
