shoot
Base form
shoot
/ʃuːt/
Past simple
shot
/ʃɒt//ʃɑːt/
Past participle
shot
/ʃɒt//ʃɑːt/
MeaningB1
to fire a gun, or kick a ball at goal
to shoot yourself in the foot
In use
- Negative · Form 1Don’t shoot too early, wait for the goalkeeper to move.
- Question · Form 1Where did they shoot that film about the Scottish islands?
- Past simple · Form 2Aisha shot from thirty metres and scored in the last minute yesterday.
- Past simple · Form 2Last summer my cousin shot a short film on his phone.
- Passive · Form 3Most of the series was shot in a small village in Cornwall.
- Present perfect · Form 3The photographer has shot over two hundred weddings.
Watch out
The double o goes: shoot, shot, shot. Shooted is wrong, and so is shotted.
Same pattern
A — B — BForms two and three are the same
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