Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 563 · 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.✂️ Kabir’s science fair talk must fit in 3 minutes. Kabir speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 420 words. How many words must be cut?
2. 2.⏱️ How many words can Kabir say in 3 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
3. 3.✂️ Kabir’s welcome speech must fit in 4 minutes. Kabir speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 510 words. How many words must be cut?
4. 4.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) speak super fast (b) ignore the limit (c) cut the weakest part (d) skip the ending
5. 5.⏸️ 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
6. 6.✂️ Rohan’s class presentation must fit in 2 minutes. Rohan speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 260 words. How many words must be cut?
7. 7.⏱️ Vihaan reads a 300-word welcome speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
8. 8.⏱️ Ishaan’s welcome speech has 520 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
9. 9.✂️ Meera’s class presentation must fit in 3 minutes. Meera speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 400 words. How many words must be cut?
10. 10.⏱️ Kabir’s class presentation has 220 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
11. 11.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute science fair talk?
12. 12.⏱️ Ishaan reads a 60-word class presentation at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
13. 13.⏱️ Aarav’s assembly talk has 550 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
14. 14.⏱️ Saanvi reads a 120-word welcome speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
15. 15.🐢 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
16. 16.✂️ Ananya’s debate speech must fit in 3 minutes. Ananya speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 470 words. How many words must be cut?
17. 17.⏱️ Diya speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute competition speech?
18. 18.⏱️ Tara speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute assembly talk?
19. 19.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute assembly talk?
20. 20.⏱️ Tara’s science fair talk has 650 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
21. 21.🎙️ In a practice run, Vihaan said 750 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
22. 22.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute welcome speech?
23. 23.✂️ Ananya’s science fair talk must fit in 3 minutes. Ananya speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 360 words. How many words must be cut?
24. 24.⏱️ Ananya reads a 300-word assembly talk at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
25. 25.🎙️ In a practice run, Arjun said 700 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
26. 26.✂️ Tara’s class presentation must fit in 1 minute. Tara speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 170 words. How many words must be cut?
27. 27.🎙️ In a practice run, Ananya said 750 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
28. 28.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute welcome speech?
29. 29.⏱️ Kabir reads a 120-word debate speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
30. 30.⏱️ Ishaan’s assembly talk has 480 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
31. 31.✂️ Arjun’s science fair talk must fit in 2 minutes. Arjun speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 270 words. How many words must be cut?
32. 32.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute science fair talk?
33. 33.⏱️ How many words can Saanvi say in 1 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
34. 34.⏱️ Nisha reads a 300-word science fair talk at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
35. 35.⏱️ How many words can Rohan say in 3 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
36. 36.🎙️ In a practice run, Meera said 450 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
37. 37.🎙️ In a practice run, Diya said 260 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
38. 38.⏱️ Diya speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute debate speech?
39. 39.⏱️ Diya’s debate speech has 450 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
40. 40.⏱️ Nisha speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute science fair talk?

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