how to use JUST

Using  Just with Present Perfect and past perfect

Just is an adverb that is used with the Present Perfect to explain or ask  if things (actions) are completed or not

Just

Use just in affirmative sentences to explain that something happened or finished a short time ago:

Situation A: I phoned my mother at 8.00pm

• My wife (at 8.10) : Don’t forget to phone your mother, it’s her birthday!
• Me: I’ve just phoned her.

Situation B: John mopped (cleaned) the kitchen floor at 2.00pm

• John (at 2.05pm) : Don’t go in the kitchen, I’ve just mopped the floor.

It can also be used in questions:

Situation C: There is a cake in the kitchen, it is hot.

• Maria: John!
• John: Yes!
• Maria: Have you just baked this cake?
• John: Yes, it’s for your mother’s birthday.

and with the past perfect

1. – Fred: I had just arrived home when it started to rain
2. – Colin had just finished writing the report when his boss asked to read it

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