Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 354 · 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.✂️ Meera’s debate speech must fit in 1 minute. Meera speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 170 words. How many words must be cut?
2. 2.🎙️ In a practice run, Aarav said 280 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
3. 3.✂️ Meera’s class presentation must fit in 3 minutes. Meera speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 440 words. How many words must be cut?
4. 4.⏱️ Tara speaks at 120 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 tire yourself (b) to speak faster (c) to fit the time limit (d) to skip the ending
6. 6.⏱️ Arjun reads a 180-word competition speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
7. 7.⏱️ Kabir reads a 120-word science fair talk at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
8. 8.🎙️ In a practice run, Tara said 480 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
9. 9.✂️ Saanvi’s assembly talk must fit in 2 minutes. Saanvi speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 260 words. How many words must be cut?
10. 10.⏱️ Meera’s assembly talk has 550 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
11. 11.⏸️ 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
12. 12.✂️ Nisha’s class presentation must fit in 1 minute. Nisha speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 180 words. How many words must be cut?
13. 13.⏱️ How many words can Arjun say in 2 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
14. 14.⏱️ Ishaan reads a 300-word assembly talk at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
15. 15.⏱️ How many words can Ananya say in 2 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
16. 16.🎙️ In a practice run, Rohan said 520 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
17. 17.⏱️ Diya’s debate speech has 650 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
18. 18.✂️ Aarav’s science fair talk must fit in 4 minutes. Aarav speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 590 words. How many words must be cut?
19. 19.⏱️ How many words can Kabir say in 1 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
20. 20.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) skip the ending (b) speak super fast (c) cut the weakest part (d) ignore the limit
21. 21.⏱️ Nisha speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute class presentation?
22. 22.⏱️ Tara reads a 180-word debate speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
23. 23.✂️ Kabir’s science fair talk must fit in 3 minutes. Kabir speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 400 words. How many words must be cut?
24. 24.✂️ Saanvi’s competition speech must fit in 1 minute. Saanvi speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 170 words. How many words must be cut?
25. 25.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute assembly talk?
26. 26.⏱️ Saanvi’s welcome speech has 450 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
27. 27.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 390 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
28. 28.⏱️ Kabir reads a 60-word assembly talk at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
29. 29.⏱️ How many words can Nisha say in 3 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
30. 30.🎙️ In a practice run, Meera said 480 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
31. 31.⏱️ How many words can Rohan say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
32. 32.⏱️ Ishaan reads a 50-word science fair talk at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
33. 33.⏱️ How many words can Tara say in 3 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
34. 34.⏱️ Diya reads a 120-word class presentation at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
35. 35.✂️ Kabir’s assembly talk must fit in 1 minute. Kabir speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 140 words. How many words must be cut?
36. 36.✂️ Aarav’s competition speech must fit in 4 minutes. Aarav speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 470 words. How many words must be cut?
37. 37.⏱️ Kabir’s welcome speech has 660 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
38. 38.⏱️ Rohan reads a 100-word assembly talk at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
39. 39.✂️ Meera’s competition speech must fit in 1 minute. Meera speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 200 words. How many words must be cut?
40. 40.⏱️ Rohan’s class presentation has 700 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?

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