Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 762 · 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.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) ignore the limit (b) speak super fast (c) skip the ending (d) cut the weakest part
3. 3.✂️ Tara’s assembly talk must fit in 3 minutes. Tara speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 520 words. How many words must be cut?
4. 4.⏱️ Arjun’s class presentation has 220 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
5. 5.⏸️ 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
6. 6.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute competition speech?
7. 7.✂️ Vihaan’s assembly talk must fit in 4 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 410 words. How many words must be cut?
8. 8.⏱️ Aarav reads a 360-word class presentation at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
9. 9.⏱️ Ananya reads a 300-word competition speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
10. 10.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to tire yourself (b) to skip the ending (c) to speak faster (d) to fit the time limit
11. 11.⏱️ Ishaan’s assembly talk has 200 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
12. 12.⏱️ Nisha’s class presentation has 220 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
13. 13.⏱️ Aarav’s assembly talk has 300 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
14. 14.⏱️ How many words can Kabir say in 1 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
15. 15.✂️ Saanvi’s competition speech must fit in 3 minutes. Saanvi speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 340 words. How many words must be cut?
16. 16.🎙️ In a practice run, Tara said 220 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
17. 17.⏱️ Meera’s assembly talk has 420 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
18. 18.⏱️ Aarav’s assembly talk has 450 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
19. 19.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 750 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
20. 20.✂️ Kabir’s welcome speech must fit in 1 minute. Kabir speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 160 words. How many words must be cut?
21. 21.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute class presentation?
22. 22.⏱️ How many words can Nisha say in 3 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
23. 23.✂️ Tara’s science fair talk must fit in 1 minute. Tara speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 160 words. How many words must be cut?
24. 24.⏱️ Ishaan’s assembly talk has 720 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
25. 25.⏱️ Ishaan reads a 120-word welcome speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
26. 26.⏱️ Meera reads a 50-word debate speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
27. 27.⏱️ Vihaan speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute class presentation?
28. 28.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute assembly talk?
29. 29.⏱️ How many words can Ishaan say in 3 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
30. 30.⏱️ Ishaan reads a 50-word class presentation at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
31. 31.✂️ Vihaan’s science fair talk must fit in 2 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 310 words. How many words must be cut?
32. 32.⏱️ Arjun speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute class presentation?
33. 33.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute welcome speech?
34. 34.⏱️ Ananya’s welcome speech has 660 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
35. 35.✂️ Aarav’s assembly talk must fit in 1 minute. Aarav speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 190 words. How many words must be cut?
36. 36.⏱️ Ananya reads a 60-word assembly talk at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
37. 37.⏱️ Nisha reads a 50-word class presentation at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
38. 38.⏱️ Meera’s debate speech has 200 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
39. 39.⏱️ Tara reads a 75-word debate speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
40. 40.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute competition speech?

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