Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 530 · 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.✂️ Ananya’s welcome speech must fit in 2 minutes. Ananya speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 230 words. How many words must be cut?
2. 2.🐢 Which is a comfortable speaking pace for most speeches? (a) 20–30 words a minute (b) 300–400 words a minute (c) 120–150 words a minute
3. 3.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) cut the weakest part (b) speak super fast (c) ignore the limit (d) skip the ending
4. 4.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to skip the ending (b) to tire yourself (c) to speak faster (d) to fit the time limit
5. 5.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute competition speech?
6. 6.✂️ Kabir’s debate speech must fit in 2 minutes. Kabir speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 230 words. How many words must be cut?
7. 7.✂️ Vihaan’s competition speech must fit in 4 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 560 words. How many words must be cut?
8. 8.⏸️ Pauses and audience laughter take time too. So your speech should be… (a) exactly at the limit (b) a little under the limit (c) far over the limit
9. 9.⏱️ Nisha reads a 120-word welcome speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
10. 10.✂️ Vihaan’s class presentation must fit in 2 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 310 words. How many words must be cut?
11. 11.🎙️ In a practice run, Aarav said 280 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
12. 12.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute welcome speech?
13. 13.⏱️ How many words can Arjun say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
14. 14.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute welcome speech?
15. 15.⏱️ Tara’s debate speech has 390 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
16. 16.⏱️ How many words can Ishaan say in 1 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
17. 17.⏱️ Tara speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute science fair talk?
18. 18.⏱️ How many words can Ananya say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
19. 19.⏱️ Aarav’s assembly talk has 550 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
20. 20.✂️ Kabir’s welcome speech must fit in 2 minutes. Kabir speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 250 words. How many words must be cut?
21. 21.⏱️ How many words can Diya say in 3 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
22. 22.🎙️ In a practice run, Ananya said 750 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
23. 23.✂️ Arjun’s assembly talk must fit in 3 minutes. Arjun speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 430 words. How many words must be cut?
24. 24.✂️ Diya’s competition speech must fit in 3 minutes. Diya speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 380 words. How many words must be cut?
25. 25.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute class presentation?
26. 26.⏱️ How many words can Meera say in 3 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
27. 27.✂️ Meera’s debate speech must fit in 2 minutes. Meera speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 300 words. How many words must be cut?
28. 28.⏱️ Kabir’s welcome speech has 600 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
29. 29.⏱️ How many words can Meera say in 1 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
30. 30.⏱️ Meera speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute assembly talk?
31. 31.⏱️ How many words can Kabir say in 3 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
32. 32.✂️ Aarav’s assembly talk must fit in 4 minutes. Aarav speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 450 words. How many words must be cut?
33. 33.⏱️ Diya speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute class presentation?
34. 34.⏱️ Vihaan’s welcome speech has 330 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
35. 35.⏱️ How many words can Arjun say in 1 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
36. 36.⏱️ Tara speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute assembly talk?
37. 37.🎙️ In a practice run, Meera said 480 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
38. 38.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute welcome speech?
39. 39.✂️ Saanvi’s class presentation must fit in 3 minutes. Saanvi speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 350 words. How many words must be cut?
40. 40.✂️ Nisha’s science fair talk must fit in 3 minutes. Nisha speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 450 words. How many words must be cut?

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