Daily life

spontaneous

unplanned and natural

Done or happening naturally without being planned in advance.

B2 very common speech & writing

Hear it in real life

Why did you go to the beach yesterday?

It was spontaneous; the weather suddenly improved.

Play the conversation

We made a spontaneous decision to stop for lunch by the river.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: We did a spontaneous decision to stop for lunch.

Say: We made a spontaneous decision to stop for lunch.

The usual phrase is make a decision, even when it is spontaneous.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

a spontaneous decision; a spontaneous trip; be spontaneous

Your turn: say it out loud

We made a spontaneous decision to stop for lunch by the river.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

spontaneous

unplanned and natural

“We made a spontaneous decision to stop for lunch by the river.”

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