There are many kinds of stories. For example, some are based on fact, others are built from imaginary details that seem reasonable enough and a third category, called legends , include believable but exaggerated details. Legends may be based on real events but there is no way of telling for sure. Urban Legends are stories that appear mysteriously and spread spontaneously in various forms including the Internet. Many urban legends contain elements of horror and are told, perhaps, as a way of expressing our fears about life in the modern world.
Urban legends tend to have a detailed storyline with a characteristic sting in the tail.
Read on to find out more Exercises 1. Read the following text based on a common urban legend and then attempt the tasks that follow. Be warned that some readers may find the ending of the story a little gruesome to say the least. As Andrea turned off the motorway onto the road to Brockbourne, the small village in which she lived, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, but already the sun was falling behind the hills. At this time in December, it would be completely dark by five o'clock.