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already wake up vs Already woke up

The correct phrase is "already woke up." "Woke" is the past tense form of "wake," which is the correct form of this verb to use after the adverb "already."
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already wake up

This phrase is not correct in English. The verb form "wake" should be changed to the past tense form "woke" when used with the adverb "already."

The correct phrase is "already woke up." Use the past tense form of the verb (woke) after the adverb "already" to indicate that the action of waking up has already occurred in the past.
  • You already wake up?
  • Wake up already, you're about to lose your mind.
  • I already got "wake-up call."
  • Unni, why did you wake up already?
  • Before it wakes up, it's already paralyzed.
  • It is already 8am when our Valentine wakes up, the sun timidly shows as she carefully chooses her clothes.
  • Come on, Gaius, wake up and smell the psychosis already.
  • Morning wake-up call, already so I do not mind Macedonians and we left our home.
  • Wake up before five - This is already becoming our weekend ritual. CLUB adjusted, squeaky clean, is packed ready to go.
  • We were already calling for such a union two years ago and only now do the institutions wake up.
  • When you wake up, Dad will already be home.
  • Other people have already said it about Europe: no, do not doubt; wake up, we are stronger.
  • That way you wake up, it's already brewed.
  • First paragraph, the main character wakes up transformed into a giant cockroach, but we already know, cockroach notwithstanding, something is up with this guy.
  • Does the Commission not agree that Premier Milanović's statements are a huge wake-up call for an already shaky European economy?
  • I wake up at seven am, we have already arrived in Ancona!
  • It has been preached and taught, and you expect his arrival. But, beloved, wake up - because the spirit of antichrist is already at work!
  • Hornbeam It is the remedy recommended to all those who suffer from the so-called "Monday syndrome" for those who wakes up in the morning and already tired just thinking of your day you feel exhausted.
  • We invite you to follow our Valentines in their romantic journey. It is already 8am when our Valentine wakes up, the
  • When you wake up we'll already be there, okay?

Alternatives:

  • I already woke up.
  • She already woke up.
  • They already woke up.
  • We already woke up.
  • He already woke up.

Already woke up

This phrase is correct in English. The past tense form of the verb "wake" (woke) is used correctly after the adverb "already."

Use "already woke up" to indicate that the action of waking up has already happened in the past. The past tense form of the verb (woke) is the appropriate choice in this context.
  • But by the morning already when I woke up...
  • He was already gone when I woke up.
  • Lester had already gone when I woke up.
  • A manhã I woke up and already não was.
  • After Jill woke up, he was already behind bars.
  • She woke up late and thought Dad had already left.
  • Mr. Pires, his body was already hanging here when we woke up.
  • When I woke up, we were already at Seta.
  • I think I already died before you got here, ...but I woke up when I heard your voice.
  • I think I already died before you got here, but I woke up when I heard your voice.
  • At 01:10 GMT a very loud explosion woke up Mrs. Ehrat. Mr. Baumann cannot remember if he actually was awake already.
  • And when he finally woke up to his situation and understood the implications, he was already in too deep.
  • We all woke up in this house a half hour before we found you, and she was already here.
  • I just woke up and it's already 90º here.
  • One might say that the Council had been fast asleep for years, and by the time it woke up the Kurdish migrants were already in Italy.
  • Glancing through the books of Jules Verne. Rereading Robinson Crusoe... When I woke up it was already day, the air calm and storm diminished so that the sea was no longer surging furiously.
  • And I woke up the next morning, it was late, actually, he'd left for work already and taken Lenny to school, and I just decided to take the day off.
  • I basically woke up this morning and I already started writing stories hum so I'm hoping to, you know, start publishing within like a day or two days.
  • Before the World Championship, last February 2006 at the $1500 buy-in Harrah's Atlantic City preliminary WSOP circuit event, I woke up that morning late. I was already registered but it was about 5 minutes into the tournament.
  • When we woke up it was already morning.

Alternatives:

  • I already woke up.
  • She already woke up.
  • They already woke up.
  • We already woke up.
  • He already woke up.

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