Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 549 · 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, Meera said 360 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
2. 2.⏱️ Aarav’s assembly talk has 780 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
3. 3.⏱️ How many words can Ananya say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
4. 4.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute competition speech?
5. 5.⏱️ Saanvi speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute science fair talk?
6. 6.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) skip the ending (b) cut the weakest part (c) ignore the limit (d) speak super fast
7. 7.⏱️ Nisha’s class presentation has 220 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
8. 8.✂️ Saanvi’s competition speech must fit in 2 minutes. Saanvi speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 330 words. How many words must be cut?
9. 9.⏱️ How many words can Vihaan say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
10. 10.✂️ Aarav’s assembly talk must fit in 4 minutes. Aarav speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 480 words. How many words must be cut?
11. 11.🐢 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
12. 12.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to fit the time limit (b) to tire yourself (c) to speak faster (d) to skip the ending
13. 13.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 600 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
14. 14.✂️ Aarav’s science fair talk must fit in 4 minutes. Aarav speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 480 words. How many words must be cut?
15. 15.⏱️ Rohan’s science fair talk has 780 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
16. 16.🎙️ In a practice run, Rohan said 280 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
17. 17.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute welcome speech?
18. 18.⏱️ Arjun speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute science fair talk?
19. 19.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 600 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
20. 20.⏱️ Ishaan’s debate speech has 840 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
21. 21.✂️ Ishaan’s class presentation must fit in 2 minutes. Ishaan speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 300 words. How many words must be cut?
22. 22.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 500 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
23. 23.✂️ Ishaan’s assembly talk must fit in 2 minutes. Ishaan speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 310 words. How many words must be cut?
24. 24.⏱️ Rohan reads a 375-word debate speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
25. 25.🎙️ In a practice run, Ananya said 390 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
26. 26.⏸️ 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
27. 27.⏱️ Saanvi’s assembly talk has 390 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
28. 28.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute science fair talk?
29. 29.🎙️ In a practice run, Ananya said 420 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
30. 30.✂️ Arjun’s competition speech must fit in 4 minutes. Arjun speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 630 words. How many words must be cut?
31. 31.⏱️ Diya speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute debate speech?
32. 32.⏱️ Meera’s science fair talk has 280 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
33. 33.⏱️ Ishaan reads a 50-word competition speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
34. 34.✂️ Aarav’s welcome speech must fit in 4 minutes. Aarav speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 550 words. How many words must be cut?
35. 35.✂️ Ananya’s science fair talk must fit in 2 minutes. Ananya speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 280 words. How many words must be cut?
36. 36.✂️ Ishaan’s science fair talk must fit in 2 minutes. Ishaan speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 280 words. How many words must be cut?
37. 37.⏱️ Saanvi speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute competition speech?
38. 38.⏱️ Saanvi speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute assembly talk?
39. 39.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 280 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
40. 40.🎙️ In a practice run, Ishaan said 520 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?

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