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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 147 · 40 questions
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Speaker's tip (Words = rate × minutes): Words = words per minute × minutes. Minutes = words ÷ words per minute. Words per minute = words ÷ minutes. Half a minute = half the rate: at 120 words a minute, 2 and a half minutes = 240 + 60 = 300 words. Seconds = words × 60 ÷ rate. Too long? Words to cut = words written − (rate × minutes). Stay a little under the limit for pauses and applause.

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  1. 1.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to skip the ending (b) to speak faster (c) to fit the time limit (d) to tire yourself
  2. 2.✂️ Saanvi’s competition speech must fit in 1 minute. Saanvi speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 160 words. How many words must be cut?
  3. 3.⏱️ Aarav reads a 75-word assembly talk at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
  4. 4.⏱️ Diya’s science fair talk has 220 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
  5. 5.⏱️ Saanvi speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute welcome speech?
  6. 6.⏱️ Aarav reads a 200-word assembly talk at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
  7. 7.✂️ Ishaan’s science fair talk must fit in 4 minutes. Ishaan speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 490 words. How many words must be cut?
  8. 8.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute debate speech?
  9. 9.⏸️ Pauses and audience laughter take time too. So your speech should be… (a) far over the limit (b) a little under the limit (c) exactly at the limit
  10. 10.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute science fair talk?
  11. 11.✂️ Nisha’s welcome speech must fit in 3 minutes. Nisha speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 420 words. How many words must be cut?
  12. 12.⏱️ Diya speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute competition speech?
  13. 13.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute science fair talk?
  14. 14.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute class presentation?
  15. 15.🎙️ In a practice run, Aarav said 390 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
  16. 16.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 600 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
  17. 17.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 330 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
  18. 18.✂️ Aarav’s debate speech must fit in 1 minute. Aarav speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 210 words. How many words must be cut?
  19. 19.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute class presentation?
  20. 20.✂️ Saanvi’s welcome speech must fit in 1 minute. Saanvi speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 170 words. How many words must be cut?
  21. 21.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) cut the weakest part (b) speak super fast (c) skip the ending (d) ignore the limit
  22. 22.⏱️ How many words can Meera say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
  23. 23.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute class presentation?
  24. 24.✂️ Kabir’s debate speech must fit in 3 minutes. Kabir speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 490 words. How many words must be cut?
  25. 25.✂️ Ananya’s class presentation must fit in 1 minute. Ananya speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 190 words. How many words must be cut?
  26. 26.⏱️ Kabir’s assembly talk has 360 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
  27. 27.⏱️ How many words can Ananya say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
  28. 28.⏱️ Diya speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute assembly talk?
  29. 29.🎙️ In a practice run, Aarav said 360 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
  30. 30.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute debate speech?
  31. 31.⏱️ Diya speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute assembly talk?
  32. 32.✂️ Vihaan’s science fair talk must fit in 3 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 340 words. How many words must be cut?
  33. 33.🎙️ In a practice run, Rohan said 300 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
  34. 34.⏱️ Vihaan reads a 450-word welcome speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
  35. 35.✂️ Kabir’s welcome speech must fit in 4 minutes. Kabir speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 530 words. How many words must be cut?
  36. 36.🎙️ In a practice run, Diya said 500 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
  37. 37.⏱️ Rohan reads a 375-word class presentation at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
  38. 38.✂️ Kabir’s competition speech must fit in 4 minutes. Kabir speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 660 words. How many words must be cut?
  39. 39.✂️ Kabir’s debate speech must fit in 1 minute. Kabir speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 110 words. How many words must be cut?
  40. 40.⏱️ How many words can Aarav say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?

Answer key

  1. to fit the time limit
  2. 20
  3. 30
  4. 2
  5. 120
  6. 120
  7. 50
  8. 280
  9. a little under the limit
  10. 650
  11. 30
  12. 520
  13. 520
  14. 700
  15. 130
  16. 150
  17. 110
  18. 60
  19. 220
  20. 60
  21. cut the weakest part
  22. 250
  23. 550
  24. 70
  25. 40
  26. 3
  27. 250
  28. 500
  29. 120
  30. 280
  31. 330
  32. 10
  33. 150
  34. 180
  35. 10
  36. 100
  37. 150
  38. 60
  39. 10
  40. 210

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