Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 565 · 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.🐢 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
2. 2.⏱️ Tara speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute science fair talk?
3. 3.⏸️ Pauses and audience laughter take time too. So your speech should be… (a) far over the limit (b) exactly at the limit (c) a little under the limit
4. 4.✂️ 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
5. 5.✂️ Saanvi’s welcome speech must fit in 2 minutes. Saanvi speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 340 words. How many words must be cut?
6. 6.⏱️ Vihaan’s assembly talk has 200 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
7. 7.⏱️ How many words can Ishaan say in 2 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
8. 8.✂️ Meera’s assembly talk must fit in 3 minutes. Meera speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 490 words. How many words must be cut?
9. 9.⏱️ How many words can Diya say in 3 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
10. 10.✂️ Aarav’s class presentation must fit in 3 minutes. Aarav speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 380 words. How many words must be cut?
11. 11.⏱️ Ishaan’s welcome speech has 220 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
12. 12.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute class presentation?
13. 13.⏱️ Meera’s welcome speech has 600 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
14. 14.⏱️ Meera reads a 200-word assembly talk at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
15. 15.✂️ Vihaan’s debate speech must fit in 4 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 560 words. How many words must be cut?
16. 16.⏱️ How many words can Diya say in 1 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
17. 17.🎙️ In a practice run, Aarav said 300 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
18. 18.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute assembly talk?
19. 19.⏱️ How many words can Meera say in 1 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
20. 20.🎙️ In a practice run, Aarav said 440 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
21. 21.⏱️ Ishaan’s debate speech has 480 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
22. 22.⏱️ How many words can Arjun say in 1 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
23. 23.✂️ Aarav’s debate speech must fit in 4 minutes. Aarav speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 450 words. How many words must be cut?
24. 24.⏱️ Tara speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute competition speech?
25. 25.✂️ Tara’s class presentation must fit in 2 minutes. Tara speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 240 words. How many words must be cut?
26. 26.🎙️ In a practice run, Arjun said 300 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
27. 27.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute science fair talk?
28. 28.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to fit the time limit (b) to skip the ending (c) to speak faster (d) to tire yourself
29. 29.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute debate speech?
30. 30.⏱️ Meera’s science fair talk has 900 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
31. 31.⏱️ Ananya reads a 300-word welcome speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
32. 32.✂️ Arjun’s competition speech must fit in 1 minute. Arjun speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 200 words. How many words must be cut?
33. 33.⏱️ How many words can Aarav say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
34. 34.⏱️ Aarav’s competition speech has 750 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
35. 35.✂️ Meera’s assembly talk must fit in 1 minute. Meera speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 140 words. How many words must be cut?
36. 36.⏱️ Tara’s assembly talk has 360 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
37. 37.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 400 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
38. 38.⏱️ How many words can Ishaan say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
39. 39.✂️ Aarav’s competition speech must fit in 4 minutes. Aarav speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 610 words. How many words must be cut?
40. 40.⏱️ Kabir’s science fair talk has 700 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?

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