Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 694 · 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 2 minutes. Tara speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 360 words. How many words must be cut?
2. 2.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to speak faster (b) to tire yourself (c) to fit the time limit (d) to skip the ending
3. 3.⏱️ Vihaan speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute science fair talk?
4. 4.🎙️ In a practice run, Meera said 500 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
5. 5.✂️ Tara’s science fair talk must fit in 2 minutes. Tara speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 250 words. How many words must be cut?
6. 6.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute class presentation?
7. 7.⏱️ How many words can Aarav say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
8. 8.🎙️ In a practice run, Arjun said 650 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
9. 9.⏱️ Nisha speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute assembly talk?
10. 10.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute science fair talk?
11. 11.🐢 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
12. 12.✂️ Rohan’s assembly talk must fit in 2 minutes. Rohan speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 280 words. How many words must be cut?
13. 13.⏱️ Meera’s science fair talk has 560 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
14. 14.🎙️ In a practice run, Arjun said 560 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
15. 15.✂️ Aarav’s welcome speech must fit in 4 minutes. Aarav speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 530 words. How many words must be cut?
16. 16.🎙️ In a practice run, Ananya said 700 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
17. 17.✂️ Vihaan’s competition speech must fit in 4 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 460 words. How many words must be cut?
18. 18.✂️ Ananya’s competition speech must fit in 2 minutes. Ananya speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 260 words. How many words must be cut?
19. 19.⏸️ 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
20. 20.⏱️ Tara’s assembly talk has 220 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
21. 21.⏱️ Rohan’s assembly talk has 480 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
22. 22.⏱️ Rohan’s science fair talk has 200 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
23. 23.🎙️ In a practice run, Nisha said 650 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
24. 24.⏱️ Diya reads a 375-word competition speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
25. 25.✂️ Kabir’s competition speech must fit in 3 minutes. Kabir speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 410 words. How many words must be cut?
26. 26.⏱️ Meera speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute class presentation?
27. 27.🎙️ In a practice run, Rohan said 200 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
28. 28.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute competition speech?
29. 29.⏱️ Ananya’s welcome speech has 360 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
30. 30.✂️ Tara’s debate speech must fit in 2 minutes. Tara speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 310 words. How many words must be cut?
31. 31.🎙️ In a practice run, Ishaan said 330 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
32. 32.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 240 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
33. 33.✂️ Diya’s debate speech must fit in 4 minutes. Diya speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 560 words. How many words must be cut?
34. 34.⏱️ Meera speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute welcome speech?
35. 35.⏱️ Rohan’s science fair talk has 300 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
36. 36.⏱️ Rohan’s science fair talk has 600 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
37. 37.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute science fair talk?
38. 38.✂️ Kabir’s debate speech must fit in 1 minute. Kabir speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 190 words. How many words must be cut?
39. 39.⏱️ How many words can Kabir say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
40. 40.✂️ Nisha’s assembly talk must fit in 1 minute. Nisha speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 180 words. How many words must be cut?

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