SHOOT Basic Verbs Learn English Grammar
hi everybody welcome back to know your
verbs my name is alicia and in this
episode we’re going to talk about the
verb
shoot let’s begin
let’s talk about the basic definition of
the verb shoot
the basic definition is to release
something held under
tension or to launch something by
explosion
by gas or by air examples
you shot me with a rubber band they shot
a rocket into the sky
let’s look at the conjugations for this
verb present
shoot shoots past shot
past participle shot progressive
shooting
now let’s talk about some additional
meanings for this verb
the first additional meaning is to wound
or to kill someone
or to destroy something examples
the man was shot in the arm the thief
shot out all the security cameras so in
the first one
the man was shot in the arm refers to
being wounded in the arm
in these cases too when a person is shot
in a specific body part
it’s usually referring to a gun being
shot with a
gun in some way or in some location in
the second example sentence we see the
thief
shot out actually shot out is kind of
used for
like um light bulbs or other like
machines maybe tv screens or computer
screens for example something with a
light
sort of like how we uh turn out the
light we can shoot out a light
as well so to shoot out a light means to
fire a gun
and cause the light to go out actually
so to shoot out a light is like to
damage the light as well
so turning it off and damaging it or
destroying it by shooting it
the second additional meaning is to
cause to move forward
quickly or to send something quickly
examples shoot me an email later
did you see that a shooting star first
one shoot me an email later means just
send a quick email
to me later it’s like just a quick kind
of short image there
shoot me an email in the second example
sentence look a shooting star it’s a
star
that’s moving quickly across the sky so
it’s
shooting so shooting refers to very
quick motion like this
the third additional meaning is to take
a place quickly this is a designated
place like a specific place or a
specific
position that is quickly assumed quickly
taken
examples he shot into his place in line
she shot straight up in her chair okay
so in the first example sentence
he shot into his place in line means
there are many different places in line
one place is designated as his space he
quickly moves to that place in line we
can say he
shot quickly to his place in line
in the second example sentence she shot
straight
up in her chair it means her posture
improved to the correct position
in her chair so and she did it very
quickly
so this po this kind of pose i guess she
shot straight up in her chair but we use
shock to refer to a quick
motion we could say she sat straight up
but to use she
shot straight up shows that it was a
very fast motion
the fourth additional meaning is to take
a picture or to take video as we are
doing right
now examples we’re shooting the shoot
episode of know your verbs right
now the video team shoots a lot of stuff
every week okay so this refers to using
a camera to take pictures or to take
video we say shoot to refer to taking
the video or taking the picture
so we use shoot to refer to recording
images recording
video with a camera so we talk about
shoots actually a lot in this office
like we have a shoot scheduled
we use it as a noun but right now we
could say in the verb form
we’re shooting a new episode so shoot
refers to recording images and videos
let’s move on to some variations for
this verb the first variation is to
shoot down to shoot down
actually has two different meanings
let’s talk about the first one
the first meaning of to shoot down is to
reject
to reject examples he shot me down when
i asked him out for dinner
my proposal is going to get shot down so
this means
reject so in the first example he shot
me down when i asked him out for dinner
means he rejected me when i asked him
out for dinner he said
no in the second example sentence it’s a
prediction
my proposal is going to get shot down my
proposal is going to get rejected
someone is going to say no to my
proposal
the second meaning of to shoot down
however refers to using a gun or some
other kind of weaponry
to cause like a flying object to go
out of the air and to fall to the ground
it can also mean to kill a person
usually from like a standing position
and then they drop
because they have been shot examples
the victim was shot down in the street
the enemy is shooting down planes
so in both of these example sentences
there’s like a fall that happens so
in the first example sentence someone
was shot down in the street
there’s a person standing and then they
are shot as a result of that shot they
go
down so we use the expression shot down
in past tense
in the second example sentence we see it
in the progressive tense
the enemy is shooting down planes
referring to an
ongoing situation where the enemy is
attacking planes and causing them to
fall from the air
the second variation is to shoot oneself
in the foot
this means to cause misfortune to
yourself
so examples we shot ourselves in the
foot when we partnered with that new
company
they’re terrible i shot myself in the
foot when i canceled my contract
there was a big fee so both of these
refer to making a decision
that turned into some kind of misfortune
in the first example sentence
it’s a partnership with a new company
but the new company is terrible
so we say i shot myself in the foot or
we shot ourselves in the foot
meaning we caused misfortune with our
decision so it was our own
decision that caused that bad situation
we can say i shot myself in the foot to
explain that
in the second example sentence it’s a
personal situation i cancelled my
contract but i shot myself
in the foot because there was a big fee
for cancelling my contract so it caused
some kind of misfortune some negative
situation
the last variation is really not so
difficult we use the word
shoot as well when we make a mistake we
could say oh shoot
it’s kind of like the light version of a
more serious curse word or swear word
so when you make a mistake with
something if you hurt yourself
if you i don’t know don’t do something
you were supposed to do whatever you can
say
shoot oh shoot ah shoot to express that
feeling of
disappointment or maybe anger or
surprise as well
shoot is commonly used this way we also
use
shoot when we’re talking in like a
discussion and someone wants to
share an idea or has some kind of new
information to give us
so it’s kind of like a friendly command
to speak so one person might say
i have an idea for you the other person
could say shoot
meaning go speak so it’s quite friendly
shoot
so there are a few other different ways
that you can use the word shoot but
anyway i hope you found
a new way somehow to use the word shoot
from this video
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example sentence
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