Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 735 · 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.✂️ Meera’s competition speech must fit in 2 minutes. Meera speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 290 words. How many words must be cut?
2. 2.⏸️ Pauses and audience laughter take time too. So your speech should be… (a) exactly at the limit (b) far over the limit (c) a little under the limit
3. 3.⏱️ Vihaan speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute debate speech?
4. 4.🐢 Which is a comfortable speaking pace for most speeches? (a) 300–400 words a minute (b) 120–150 words a minute (c) 20–30 words a minute
5. 5.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) speak super fast (b) skip the ending (c) ignore the limit (d) cut the weakest part
6. 6.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute competition speech?
7. 7.⏱️ How many words can Saanvi say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
8. 8.⏱️ Nisha speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute assembly talk?
9. 9.✂️ Rohan’s competition speech must fit in 4 minutes. Rohan speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 530 words. How many words must be cut?
10. 10.🎙️ In a practice run, Arjun said 360 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
11. 11.✂️ Diya’s competition speech must fit in 3 minutes. Diya speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 330 words. How many words must be cut?
12. 12.⏱️ Saanvi’s competition speech has 780 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
13. 13.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 440 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
14. 14.🎙️ In a practice run, Aarav said 360 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
15. 15.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute science fair talk?
16. 16.⏱️ Saanvi reads a 300-word competition speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
17. 17.🎙️ In a practice run, Rohan said 560 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
18. 18.✂️ Tara’s competition speech must fit in 2 minutes. Tara speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 280 words. How many words must be cut?
19. 19.⏱️ Diya speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute class presentation?
20. 20.⏱️ Rohan’s competition speech has 200 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
21. 21.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to skip the ending (b) to fit the time limit (c) to tire yourself (d) to speak faster
22. 22.⏱️ Rohan’s debate speech has 500 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
23. 23.⏱️ Ishaan’s class presentation has 360 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
24. 24.✂️ Ishaan’s science fair talk must fit in 1 minute. Ishaan speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 160 words. How many words must be cut?
25. 25.⏱️ Tara’s competition speech has 480 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
26. 26.⏱️ Arjun speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute competition speech?
27. 27.⏱️ Meera’s welcome speech has 200 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
28. 28.✂️ Arjun’s welcome speech must fit in 3 minutes. Arjun speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 460 words. How many words must be cut?
29. 29.⏱️ Meera’s science fair talk has 330 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
30. 30.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute competition speech?
31. 31.⏱️ Ananya reads a 60-word welcome speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
32. 32.✂️ Vihaan’s welcome speech must fit in 4 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 570 words. How many words must be cut?
33. 33.✂️ Rohan’s class presentation must fit in 3 minutes. Rohan speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 470 words. How many words must be cut?
34. 34.⏱️ Meera reads a 100-word class presentation at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
35. 35.⏱️ How many words can Rohan say in 1 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
36. 36.⏱️ Diya speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute class presentation?
37. 37.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute assembly talk?
38. 38.⏱️ Meera reads a 60-word assembly talk at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
39. 39.⏱️ Meera’s debate speech has 900 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
40. 40.⏱️ Diya speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute class presentation?

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