Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 476 · 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.✂️ Tara’s competition speech must fit in 3 minutes. Tara speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 440 words. How many words must be cut?
2. 2.🐢 Which is a comfortable speaking pace for most speeches? (a) 120–150 words a minute (b) 300–400 words a minute (c) 20–30 words a minute
3. 3.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 330 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
4. 4.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to tire yourself (b) to speak faster (c) to skip the ending (d) to fit the time limit
5. 5.✂️ Ananya’s assembly talk must fit in 4 minutes. Ananya speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 450 words. How many words must be cut?
6. 6.⏱️ Vihaan reads a 200-word debate speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
7. 7.⏱️ Meera’s class presentation has 240 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
8. 8.⏱️ How many words can Nisha say in 1 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
9. 9.⏱️ How many words can Tara say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
10. 10.⏱️ Arjun speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute competition speech?
11. 11.⏱️ Diya’s welcome speech has 600 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
12. 12.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 420 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
13. 13.⏱️ Diya speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute assembly talk?
14. 14.⏱️ Ananya’s competition speech has 390 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
15. 15.⏱️ How many words can Kabir say in 2 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
16. 16.🎙️ In a practice run, Ananya said 390 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
17. 17.⏱️ Vihaan speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute debate speech?
18. 18.🎙️ In a practice run, Vihaan said 650 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
19. 19.⏱️ How many words can Aarav say in 2 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
20. 20.⏱️ Aarav’s science fair talk has 500 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
21. 21.🎙️ In a practice run, Diya said 280 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
22. 22.🎙️ In a practice run, Aarav said 420 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
23. 23.⏸️ Pauses and audience laughter take time too. So your speech should be… (a) a little under the limit (b) exactly at the limit (c) far over the limit
24. 24.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) ignore the limit (b) skip the ending (c) cut the weakest part (d) speak super fast
25. 25.🎙️ In a practice run, Ananya said 240 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
26. 26.⏱️ Tara speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute competition speech?
27. 27.⏱️ How many words can Tara say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
28. 28.⏱️ Ananya’s class presentation has 330 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
29. 29.⏱️ Saanvi speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute assembly talk?
30. 30.⏱️ Ishaan reads a 200-word competition speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
31. 31.✂️ Meera’s assembly talk must fit in 2 minutes. Meera speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 290 words. How many words must be cut?
32. 32.⏱️ Tara speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute science fair talk?
33. 33.⏱️ Aarav’s assembly talk has 300 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
34. 34.⏱️ How many words can Arjun say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
35. 35.⏱️ Vihaan’s science fair talk has 600 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
36. 36.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute science fair talk?
37. 37.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 280 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
38. 38.⏱️ How many words can Aarav say in 3 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
39. 39.🎙️ In a practice run, Vihaan said 420 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
40. 40.⏱️ Diya speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute debate speech?

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