Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 459 · 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.⏱️ Saanvi reads a 225-word debate speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
2. 2.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) cut the weakest part (b) ignore the limit (c) skip the ending (d) speak super fast
3. 3.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to speak faster (b) to skip the ending (c) to tire yourself (d) to fit the time limit
4. 4.⏱️ Kabir’s debate speech has 330 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
5. 5.⏱️ Tara speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute assembly talk?
6. 6.⏱️ How many words can Ananya say in 3 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
7. 7.⏱️ How many words can Diya say in 3 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
8. 8.✂️ Ishaan’s assembly talk must fit in 1 minute. Ishaan speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 160 words. How many words must be cut?
9. 9.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 300 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
10. 10.⏱️ Arjun’s competition speech has 240 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
11. 11.🐢 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
12. 12.✂️ Kabir’s assembly talk must fit in 2 minutes. Kabir speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 280 words. How many words must be cut?
13. 13.⏱️ How many words can Ananya say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
14. 14.⏱️ Ishaan’s assembly talk has 400 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
15. 15.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute competition speech?
16. 16.🎙️ In a practice run, Rohan said 280 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
17. 17.⏱️ How many words can Nisha say in 2 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
18. 18.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 200 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
19. 19.⏸️ 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
20. 20.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute competition speech?
21. 21.⏱️ Vihaan speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute class presentation?
22. 22.⏱️ How many words can Arjun say in 3 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
23. 23.⏱️ Nisha reads a 200-word welcome speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
24. 24.⏱️ Meera speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute science fair talk?
25. 25.⏱️ How many words can Meera say in 2 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
26. 26.⏱️ Diya’s assembly talk has 650 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
27. 27.⏱️ Diya speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute science fair talk?
28. 28.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute debate speech?
29. 29.⏱️ Diya speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute debate speech?
30. 30.⏱️ How many words can Tara say in 2 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
31. 31.⏱️ How many words can Nisha say in 3 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
32. 32.⏱️ Saanvi speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute science fair talk?
33. 33.⏱️ Kabir’s welcome speech has 600 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
34. 34.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute competition speech?
35. 35.⏱️ How many words can Arjun say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
36. 36.⏱️ Vihaan reads a 150-word debate speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
37. 37.⏱️ Arjun reads a 75-word science fair talk at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
38. 38.⏱️ Meera’s assembly talk has 700 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
39. 39.⏱️ Meera reads a 50-word class presentation at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
40. 40.🎙️ In a practice run, Nisha said 560 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?

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