Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 30 · 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, Aarav said 650 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
2. 2.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to skip the ending (b) to fit the time limit (c) to tire yourself (d) to speak faster
3. 3.⏱️ Nisha reads a 240-word welcome speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
4. 4.✂️ Ishaan’s debate speech must fit in 2 minutes. Ishaan speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 250 words. How many words must be cut?
5. 5.✂️ Tara’s welcome speech must fit in 1 minute. Tara speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 130 words. How many words must be cut?
6. 6.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute welcome speech?
7. 7.⏱️ Vihaan speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute assembly talk?
8. 8.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute debate speech?
9. 9.🐢 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
10. 10.⏱️ How many words can Rohan say in 1 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
11. 11.⏱️ Kabir reads a 200-word competition speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
12. 12.⏱️ Tara reads a 225-word science fair talk at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
13. 13.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute welcome speech?
14. 14.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) ignore the limit (b) cut the weakest part (c) speak super fast (d) skip the ending
15. 15.⏱️ How many words can Ishaan say in 2 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
16. 16.⏱️ Meera speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute welcome speech?
17. 17.⏱️ Aarav’s assembly talk has 360 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
18. 18.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute science fair talk?
19. 19.⏱️ Saanvi’s science fair talk has 520 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
20. 20.⏱️ How many words can Ananya say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
21. 21.🎙️ In a practice run, Arjun said 330 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
22. 22.⏱️ Diya’s debate speech has 360 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
23. 23.⏱️ Vihaan’s science fair talk has 450 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
24. 24.⏱️ Ishaan’s science fair talk has 390 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
25. 25.⏱️ How many words can Vihaan say in 1 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
26. 26.⏱️ How many words can Arjun say in 1 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
27. 27.⏱️ Tara reads a 240-word science fair talk at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
28. 28.⏱️ Meera speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute competition speech?
29. 29.🎙️ In a practice run, Diya said 650 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
30. 30.⏱️ Diya’s science fair talk has 560 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
31. 31.⏱️ Saanvi speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute welcome speech?
32. 32.⏱️ Kabir reads a 150-word class presentation at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
33. 33.⏱️ Aarav’s science fair talk has 700 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
34. 34.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 400 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
35. 35.⏱️ Diya reads a 150-word debate speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
36. 36.⏱️ Diya speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute assembly talk?
37. 37.⏱️ Tara’s competition speech has 550 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
38. 38.✂️ Vihaan’s class presentation must fit in 3 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 310 words. How many words must be cut?
39. 39.⏸️ Pauses and audience laughter take time too. So your speech should be… (a) far over the limit (b) exactly at the limit (c) a little under the limit
40. 40.⏱️ How many words can Tara say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?

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