Past tense of shoot
The past simple of shoot is shot and the past participle is shot: shoot – shot – shot.
- Base form V1
- shoot
- Past simple V2
- shot
- Past participle V3
- shot
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Meaning of shoot
To launch a bullet or arrow, sometimes wounding or killing a target
- ExampleThe guard shot at the tyre but missed.
Shoot, shot, shot in sentences
- Past simpleThe hunter shot at the target.
- Past participleThe film was shot in Iceland.
Common mistakes
shootedshot. Shoot is irregular, so it does not take -ed.
Similar verbs
Built on shoot, with the same forms: outshoot, overshoot.
Past simple and past participle the same, like shoot: have, make, think, say, find, feel, keep, tell.
Common questions
What is the past tense of shoot?
Shot. For example: The hunter shot at the target.
What is the past participle of shoot?
Shot. It follows be in the passive, as in The film was shot in Iceland.
Is shoot a regular verb?
No. Shoot is irregular: its past forms do not end in -ed.
