Speakout Upper-intermediate: Student's Book May 2026

By the time he reached the airport, he was feeling a mix of . He soon found himself in a small, remote town he had never heard of before. Without a plan, he wandered into a local café where he met a witty traveler named Clara. They spent hours taking part in a local festival, and for the first time in years, Leo felt truly relaxed .

: Includes personality adjectives ( "witty" , "spontaneous" ) and idioms found in the Speakout Upper-Intermediate wordlist . Speakout Upper-Intermediate: Student's Book

Leo had always been a who kept himself to himself, rarely venturing outside his comfort zone . While his colleagues described him as down-to-earth , they also found him a bit predictable . That all changed last Tuesday when Leo made an uncharacteristically spontaneous decision. By the time he reached the airport, he was feeling a mix of

In Unit 3 of the Speakout 2nd Edition Upper-Intermediate Student's Book , learners are tasked with , where they practice narrative tenses and use adverbs to tell anecdotes or stories with a moral. They spent hours taking part in a local

: Used to set the scene ( "He had been working..." ) and show previous events ( "...he had never heard of..." ).

Below is a story designed for the Upper-Intermediate (B2) level, incorporating core vocabulary and grammar from the Speakout syllabus, such as personality traits (witty, spontaneous), feelings (embarrassment, anxiety), and idioms (out of your comfort zone, a piece of cake). The Spontaneous Leap