Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 173 · 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.✂️ Diya’s assembly talk must fit in 1 minute. Diya speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 190 words. How many words must be cut?
2. 2.⏱️ Tara’s assembly talk has 780 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
3. 3.✂️ Meera’s science fair talk must fit in 1 minute. Meera speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 160 words. How many words must be cut?
4. 4.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 500 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
5. 5.⏱️ Saanvi reads a 300-word welcome speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
6. 6.⏱️ Kabir reads a 225-word competition speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
7. 7.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) speak super fast (b) ignore the limit (c) skip the ending (d) cut the weakest part
8. 8.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to fit the time limit (b) to tire yourself (c) to speak faster (d) to skip the ending
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, Aarav said 700 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
11. 11.⏱️ How many words can Meera say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
12. 12.⏱️ Meera’s class presentation has 400 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
13. 13.✂️ Ananya’s class presentation must fit in 2 minutes. Ananya speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 250 words. How many words must be cut?
14. 14.⏱️ How many words can Vihaan say in 2 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
15. 15.✂️ Meera’s debate speech must fit in 1 minute. Meera speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 160 words. How many words must be cut?
16. 16.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 750 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
17. 17.⏱️ Vihaan’s welcome speech has 550 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
18. 18.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute debate speech?
19. 19.⏱️ Tara’s science fair talk has 500 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
20. 20.✂️ Kabir’s science fair talk must fit in 3 minutes. Kabir speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 490 words. How many words must be cut?
21. 21.⏱️ How many words can Ishaan say in 2 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
22. 22.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute science fair talk?
23. 23.⏱️ Diya speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute competition speech?
24. 24.⏱️ Ananya’s assembly talk has 360 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
25. 25.⏱️ How many words can Diya say in 1 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
26. 26.⏱️ Vihaan reads a 50-word science fair talk at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
27. 27.⏱️ Ananya’s assembly talk has 600 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
28. 28.⏱️ Arjun’s debate speech has 220 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
29. 29.✂️ Aarav’s science fair talk must fit in 1 minute. Aarav speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 120 words. How many words must be cut?
30. 30.⏱️ Ananya reads a 100-word assembly talk at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
31. 31.⏱️ Ananya’s assembly talk has 720 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
32. 32.✂️ Tara’s assembly talk must fit in 2 minutes. Tara speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 290 words. How many words must be cut?
33. 33.⏱️ Aarav reads a 300-word assembly talk at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
34. 34.⏱️ Vihaan reads a 240-word class presentation at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
35. 35.✂️ Rohan’s welcome speech must fit in 1 minute. Rohan speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 160 words. How many words must be cut?
36. 36.⏱️ Vihaan’s welcome speech has 440 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
37. 37.⏱️ Arjun speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute class presentation?
38. 38.🎙️ In a practice run, Ananya said 280 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
39. 39.⏱️ How many words can Rohan say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
40. 40.⏱️ Vihaan speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute assembly talk?

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