Is "were scattered" a construction of passive voice or a simple past tense?
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How can I reliably and accurately identify the passive voice in writing or speech?
44449
What is the name for the grammatical figure, where the present tense is substituted for a past event?
27613
Past Perfect Continuous/Past Perfect or?
24744
The habitual past "would" versus "simple past" tense
139533
Have been Vs was/were
24199
Can "casted" be the past tense of "cast"?
18312
When is using the past perfect tense not necessary?
79835
Active vs passive voice with inanimate object as the subject
49025
Can the past simple or the present perfect fit in this example with yet
77020
Generalised rule for verb usage in simple present tense using participle
47451
Present Perfect or simple past?
38669
"Was" or "were" in subjunctive clauses
131914
Using "recently" with past simple
65426
Difference between Simple Past and Past Perfect
42961
Simple past or past perfect with "by" and years
22092
Why do we use 'did' with questions using the simple past tense?
58714
Simple Past vs. Present Perfect: "was" vs. "has been"