Seen or seen is a past participle of "see". It is always used with the appropriate form of "have" or "be"--
I have seen this movie before.
The movie was seen by a lot of people.
Have you seen my cat?
Scene or scene ( rhymes with seen ) means the place where something happens--
The criminal always returns to the scene of the crime.
Scene may mean what is present to view--
The house looked like the scene of a disaster.
A scene may mean a public display of emotion, as in an argument--
Quiet! Don't make a scene.
A scene may be literary--a part of a play, or an episode from a movie, TV show or novel--
There is a sword fight in Scene 2.
We'll have to do that scene over again.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"I have never seen anyone make such a scene!"
"Have you seen Scene 3 ?"
Note--scenery describes what we like to look at when we go on vacation, such as the beautiful scenery in a park--
They took a lot of photos of the beautiful scenery.
Scenery also means the set that has been devised for a stage show or film--the cardboard trees and painted backdrop--
They made all of the scenery out of plywood, cardboard and paint.
Note 2--a skein ( pronounced skeen ) is a hank of yarn, or a package of yarn sold that way--
I need another skein of red yarn to finish this sweater.
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