Daily life
take ages
take a very long time
If something takes ages, it takes a very long time to finish or happen.
Hear it in real life
Are you ready to leave?
Almost, but choosing an outfit is taking ages.
It takes ages to get across town during rush hour.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: It takes age to get there.
Say: It takes ages to get there.
Use the plural noun "ages" in this fixed informal expression.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
take ages to do something; it took me ages
Your turn: say it out loud
It takes ages to get across town during rush hour.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
take ages
take a very long time
“It takes ages to get across town during rush hour.”
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