Question

What are they coming for? They haven’t been here for ages.’
i) Who is coming ?
ii) What part of speech is the word ‘ages’ used for ?
iii) Why haven’t ‘they’ been here for ages ?

Answer 1

i) The Jordans are coming.

ii) The word 'ages' has been used to indicate that the Jordans have not visited them for a long time.

iii) The Jordans haven't there been for ages because Mrs Jordan and Mrs Slater had had a fight and Mrs Jordan had said that they would never step into their house again.