Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 167 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.⏱️ Ananya’s welcome speech has 220 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
2. 2.⏱️ Arjun’s debate speech has 330 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
3. 3.✂️ Tara’s competition speech must fit in 3 minutes. Tara speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 350 words. How many words must be cut?
4. 4.⏱️ Saanvi speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute welcome speech?
5. 5.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to speak faster (b) to tire yourself (c) to fit the time limit (d) to skip the ending
6. 6.⏱️ Tara reads a 75-word competition speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
7. 7.🐢 Which is a comfortable speaking pace for most speeches? (a) 20–30 words a minute (b) 300–400 words a minute (c) 120–150 words a minute
8. 8.⏱️ How many words can Aarav say in 1 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
9. 9.⏸️ Pauses and audience laughter take time too. So your speech should be… (a) a little under the limit (b) far over the limit (c) exactly at the limit
10. 10.🎙️ In a practice run, Vihaan said 200 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
11. 11.⏱️ How many words can Kabir say in 3 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
12. 12.✂️ Kabir’s science fair talk must fit in 3 minutes. Kabir speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 380 words. How many words must be cut?
13. 13.⏱️ Nisha speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute class presentation?
14. 14.✂️ Tara’s assembly talk must fit in 4 minutes. Tara speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 580 words. How many words must be cut?
15. 15.⏱️ Kabir reads a 360-word debate speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
16. 16.✂️ Ananya’s debate speech must fit in 2 minutes. Ananya speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 320 words. How many words must be cut?
17. 17.⏱️ Meera’s assembly talk has 600 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
18. 18.✂️ Arjun’s welcome speech must fit in 3 minutes. Arjun speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 360 words. How many words must be cut?
19. 19.⏱️ Ananya reads a 300-word welcome speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
20. 20.🎙️ In a practice run, Vihaan said 400 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
21. 21.⏱️ Meera speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute competition speech?
22. 22.⏱️ Meera speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute class presentation?
23. 23.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute welcome speech?
24. 24.✂️ Aarav’s class presentation must fit in 1 minute. Aarav speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 160 words. How many words must be cut?
25. 25.✂️ Saanvi’s competition speech must fit in 3 minutes. Saanvi speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 460 words. How many words must be cut?
26. 26.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute welcome speech?
27. 27.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute class presentation?
28. 28.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 600 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
29. 29.⏱️ Aarav’s assembly talk has 300 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
30. 30.⏱️ How many words can Aarav say in 1 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
31. 31.✂️ Ishaan’s debate speech must fit in 1 minute. Ishaan speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 190 words. How many words must be cut?
32. 32.⏱️ Arjun reads a 450-word assembly talk at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
33. 33.⏱️ Saanvi speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute debate speech?
34. 34.⏱️ Tara’s class presentation has 750 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
35. 35.⏱️ Saanvi’s competition speech has 700 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
36. 36.⏱️ Ishaan reads a 150-word competition speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
37. 37.⏱️ Arjun speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute assembly talk?
38. 38.✂️ Diya’s competition speech must fit in 1 minute. Diya speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 130 words. How many words must be cut?
39. 39.⏱️ Tara speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute competition speech?
40. 40.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute debate speech?

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