Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 753 · 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) 20–30 words a minute (b) 120–150 words a minute (c) 300–400 words a minute
2. 2.⏱️ Meera reads a 225-word debate speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
3. 3.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to fit the time limit (b) to skip the ending (c) to tire yourself (d) to speak faster
4. 4.✂️ Diya’s competition speech must fit in 1 minute. Diya speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 130 words. How many words must be cut?
5. 5.⏱️ Saanvi reads a 360-word welcome speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
6. 6.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 520 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
7. 7.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) ignore the limit (b) cut the weakest part (c) skip the ending (d) speak super fast
8. 8.⏸️ 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
9. 9.⏱️ How many words can Diya say in 2 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
10. 10.✂️ Rohan’s debate speech must fit in 1 minute. Rohan speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 130 words. How many words must be cut?
11. 11.✂️ Ishaan’s competition speech must fit in 3 minutes. Ishaan speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 410 words. How many words must be cut?
12. 12.⏱️ Arjun’s class presentation has 500 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
13. 13.✂️ Tara’s assembly talk must fit in 1 minute. Tara speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 120 words. How many words must be cut?
14. 14.⏱️ Meera’s assembly talk has 420 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
15. 15.🎙️ In a practice run, Vihaan said 520 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
16. 16.✂️ Saanvi’s debate speech must fit in 1 minute. Saanvi speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 160 words. How many words must be cut?
17. 17.✂️ Meera’s class presentation must fit in 3 minutes. Meera speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 420 words. How many words must be cut?
18. 18.🎙️ In a practice run, Vihaan said 390 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
19. 19.🎙️ In a practice run, Diya said 240 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
20. 20.⏱️ Kabir’s competition speech has 450 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
21. 21.⏱️ Kabir’s welcome speech has 300 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
22. 22.✂️ Arjun’s competition speech must fit in 2 minutes. Arjun speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 260 words. How many words must be cut?
23. 23.⏱️ Ananya’s debate speech has 240 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
24. 24.⏱️ Ananya’s welcome speech has 390 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
25. 25.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute debate speech?
26. 26.⏱️ Rohan’s welcome speech has 480 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
27. 27.🎙️ In a practice run, Meera said 600 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
28. 28.⏱️ Nisha speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute assembly talk?
29. 29.✂️ Meera’s class presentation must fit in 2 minutes. Meera speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 290 words. How many words must be cut?
30. 30.⏱️ How many words can Ananya say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
31. 31.🎙️ In a practice run, Diya said 300 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
32. 32.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute welcome speech?
33. 33.✂️ Meera’s assembly talk must fit in 4 minutes. Meera speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 440 words. How many words must be cut?
34. 34.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute science fair talk?
35. 35.🎙️ In a practice run, Ishaan said 550 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
36. 36.⏱️ Kabir reads a 50-word welcome speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
37. 37.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 360 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
38. 38.⏱️ Ananya’s assembly talk has 280 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
39. 39.⏱️ Diya’s assembly talk has 560 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
40. 40.⏱️ Diya speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute assembly talk?

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