WORD FORMATION

Complete the article with the correct form of the words in brackets.

Urban Legend or a Good story?

Everyone knows at least one urban legend. But most people couldn't
HONEST
1)................................say where or when they first heard it. By the time

you hear it, it may have changed from the 2)..................................story. ORIGIN

And by the time someone else hears it, it will 3)................................. be PROBABLE
different again! No one really knows if people telling urban legends

are telling the 4)................................... In fact, most of them might be TRUE

inventions. Sometimes, they are exaggerated versions of incredible

events that appear in the news. So why do they spead so

5).......................................................and wildely? Most likely because they QUICK

sound like they could be real. And even if we hear them and know that

they 6)................................................. aren't real, they are usually amusing. CERTAIN

They don't often have a lesson that we can all

7).................................................................understand. Legends are also EASY

seen as something interesting and 8)........................................so we pass

MYSTERY
them on for a bit of fun.