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Hi,This refers to a situation in the past.Please let me know which of the following is right?I was just studying when she called?I just started studying when she called?I had just started studying when she called?Thanks,Ravi

Fandorin · Accepted Answer

Hi, ravikumarkargam.

ravikumarkargamHi,

This is refering to a situation in the past.

Please let me know which of the following is correct? are all of them wrong?

I was ~~just~~ studying when she called? It's acceptable and moreover the most suitable here. She called when you were in the process of studying. Using "just" is more suitable with the Perfect Tenses.
I started studying when she called? The call happened when you studied.

~~I had just been started studying when she called?~~ Wrong. "I had been studying for hours when she called." She called after you were studying or in the end of it.
If you want to emphasise moment when she called you and due to it you got interrupted, you can say: "I was studying when she called "

Thanks,
Raviff

Ravikumarkargam · Answer

Thanks for clarifying it.
My intention was to stress the fact that JUST before receiving the call, I started studying. How to emphasize that?
"I was studying when she called" is not emphasizing my exact intention.
Could you please incorporate that into statement.

Thanks,
Ravi

Ravikumarkargam · Answer

Could someone share the right sentence emphasizing my intention.

Thanks,

Ravi

Nona the brit · Answer

I had just started studying, when she called.

Anonymous · Answer

I just had started studying, when she called

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