Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 174 · 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.🎙️ In a practice run, Tara said 240 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
2. 2.🐢 Which is a comfortable speaking pace for most speeches? (a) 300–400 words a minute (b) 20–30 words a minute (c) 120–150 words a minute
3. 3.✂️ Arjun’s debate speech must fit in 1 minute. Arjun speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 150 words. How many words must be cut?
4. 4.⏱️ How many words can Arjun say in 1 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
5. 5.⏱️ Vihaan’s class presentation has 420 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
6. 6.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 440 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
7. 7.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to skip the ending (b) to tire yourself (c) to fit the time limit (d) to speak faster
8. 8.⏱️ Diya reads a 100-word assembly talk at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
9. 9.⏱️ Diya speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute welcome speech?
10. 10.⏸️ 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
11. 11.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) speak super fast (b) cut the weakest part (c) ignore the limit (d) skip the ending
12. 12.✂️ Arjun’s assembly talk must fit in 1 minute. Arjun speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 150 words. How many words must be cut?
13. 13.⏱️ Tara speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute assembly talk?
14. 14.🎙️ In a practice run, Ananya said 700 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
15. 15.✂️ Kabir’s debate speech must fit in 3 minutes. Kabir speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 460 words. How many words must be cut?
16. 16.⏱️ Arjun’s welcome speech has 520 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
17. 17.⏱️ Aarav reads a 240-word debate speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
18. 18.🎙️ In a practice run, Diya said 330 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
19. 19.⏱️ How many words can Arjun say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
20. 20.⏱️ Aarav reads a 360-word competition speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
21. 21.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute science fair talk?
22. 22.⏱️ Saanvi’s welcome speech has 500 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
23. 23.✂️ Diya’s debate speech must fit in 4 minutes. Diya speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 520 words. How many words must be cut?
24. 24.🎙️ In a practice run, Vihaan said 400 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
25. 25.⏱️ Arjun speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute science fair talk?
26. 26.⏱️ Diya reads a 50-word debate speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
27. 27.⏱️ Ananya’s competition speech has 520 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
28. 28.⏱️ How many words can Ananya say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
29. 29.⏱️ Saanvi speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute science fair talk?
30. 30.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute competition speech?
31. 31.✂️ Diya’s science fair talk must fit in 2 minutes. Diya speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 220 words. How many words must be cut?
32. 32.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 240 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
33. 33.⏱️ Arjun speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute assembly talk?
34. 34.🎙️ In a practice run, Diya said 520 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
35. 35.⏱️ How many words can Diya say in 1 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
36. 36.⏱️ How many words can Saanvi say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
37. 37.⏱️ Diya reads a 60-word science fair talk at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
38. 38.✂️ Meera’s competition speech must fit in 4 minutes. Meera speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 500 words. How many words must be cut?
39. 39.🎙️ In a practice run, Rohan said 450 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
40. 40.✂️ Aarav’s competition speech must fit in 1 minute. Aarav speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 230 words. How many words must be cut?

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