I just wake up now vs I had just wake up

The correct phrase is "I just woke up now." The use of the past simple tense "woke" is appropriate in this context to indicate that the action of waking up has already happened. The phrase "I had just woken up" is also correct, but it implies a past perfect tense, which may not be necessary in this context.

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This phrase is incorrect. The verb "wake" should be in the past tense form "woke" to match the time reference "now."

"I just wake up now"

The correct phrase is "I just woke up now." Use the past simple tense "woke" to indicate that the action of waking up has already happened.

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I just want to wake up every now and then and feel like what I do matters more than zeros on a paycheck.
In fact, I'd like nothing better than for you to just wake up right now and tell me not to go out with him.
Just let me wake up right now in my own bed, in my own home.
One morning, I just wake up in the street.
You must wake up now, just wake up, do it!
Why did I just wake up underneath my office chair?
Did I just wake up in Narnia?
I just wake up a couple of times in the night, but it's okay.
No. I just wake up really exhausted.
I just wake up, and there you are.
You know, I just wake up in my room and I don't remember nothing.
If it's just the same to you, I think I'd like to wake up now.
Whose bed did I just wake up in?
Whose bed did I just wake up in?
Now I just want my head on a pillow because I have to wake up early.
Maybe I'll just wake up.
I'll just wake up somewhere else in an identical body.
They didn't just wake up with flies around their lips and bellies out to here.
You just wake up like that, naturally flawless.
Every day, just wake up and make you happy.

Alternatives:

I just woke up now
I have just woken up now

This phrase is incorrect. The verb "wake" should be in the past participle form "woken" to match the auxiliary verb "had."

"I had just wake up"

The correct phrase is "I had just woken up." Use the past perfect tense to indicate that the action of waking up occurred before another past event.

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I have just had a cosmic wake-up call.
Look, claude, you know I just had a huge wake-up call,
One morning, I just wake up in the street.
Maybe I'll just wake up.
I'll just wake up somewhere else in an identical body.
They didn't just wake up with flies around their lips and bellies out to here.
You just wake up like that, naturally flawless.
Every day, just wake up and make you happy.
Every day, just wake up and make you happy.
Please, Liz, just wake up.
Please, just wake up Jack, wake up, I'll do anything if you'll just wake up.
You know what, if we broke up, I would just wake up in the morning.
Did you just wake up? No, I've been up since 5:00.
Why did I just wake up underneath my office chair?
Can't just wake up in the morning and pretend to be somebody else... like all your traditions don't matter to you no more.
Did I just wake up in Narnia?
People don't just wake up from comas The second you give 'em drugs.
You don't just wake up one morning and plan all that.
I just wake up a couple of times in the night, but it's okay.
Please just wake up, Callum.

Alternatives:

I had just woken up
I had just woken up now
I had just woken up a few minutes ago
I had just woken up when the phone rang
I had just woken up before the meeting started

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I just wake up now vs I had just wake up

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