YOU SAID:
It was early in the morning when Jake got up to go to work like he normally would.
INTO JAPANESE
ジェイクがいつものように仕事に行くために起きたのは早朝でした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It was early in the morning when Jake got up to go to work as usual.
INTO JAPANESE
ジェイクがいつものように仕事に行くために起きたのは早朝だった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It was early in the morning when Jake got up to go to work as usual.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.