Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 822 · 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.✂️ Kabir’s competition speech must fit in 3 minutes. Kabir speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 450 words. How many words must be cut?
3. 3.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute class presentation?
4. 4.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute competition speech?
5. 5.⏱️ Vihaan’s debate speech has 240 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
6. 6.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) speak super fast (b) cut the weakest part (c) skip the ending (d) ignore the limit
7. 7.⏱️ Aarav reads a 200-word science fair talk at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
8. 8.⏸️ 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
9. 9.⏱️ Meera reads a 200-word science fair talk at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
10. 10.⏱️ How many words can Aarav say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
11. 11.⏱️ Diya reads a 450-word assembly talk at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
12. 12.🎙️ In a practice run, Meera said 330 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
13. 13.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute welcome speech?
14. 14.✂️ Nisha’s assembly talk must fit in 3 minutes. Nisha speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 480 words. How many words must be cut?
15. 15.⏱️ Ananya reads a 300-word competition speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
16. 16.🎙️ In a practice run, Nisha said 450 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
17. 17.⏱️ Kabir’s competition speech has 420 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
18. 18.✂️ Diya’s class presentation must fit in 1 minute. Diya speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 170 words. How many words must be cut?
19. 19.⏱️ Tara’s competition speech has 390 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
20. 20.⏱️ How many words can Diya say in 1 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
21. 21.⏱️ How many words can Ishaan say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
22. 22.🎙️ In a practice run, Nisha said 400 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
23. 23.⏱️ Arjun’s assembly talk has 330 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
24. 24.⏱️ Diya’s assembly talk has 330 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
25. 25.✂️ Vihaan’s debate speech must fit in 2 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 270 words. How many words must be cut?
26. 26.✂️ Saanvi’s welcome speech must fit in 2 minutes. Saanvi speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 240 words. How many words must be cut?
27. 27.⏱️ Arjun reads a 300-word assembly talk at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
28. 28.🎙️ In a practice run, Ishaan said 520 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
29. 29.⏱️ Saanvi speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute class presentation?
30. 30.⏱️ How many words can Tara say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
31. 31.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute class presentation?
32. 32.⏱️ Tara reads a 150-word class presentation at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
33. 33.⏱️ How many words can Rohan say in 3 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
34. 34.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute class presentation?
35. 35.🎙️ In a practice run, Vihaan said 480 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
36. 36.⏱️ Tara speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute competition speech?
37. 37.⏱️ Rohan’s assembly talk has 650 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
38. 38.⏱️ Diya speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute competition speech?
39. 39.✂️ Ishaan’s debate speech must fit in 1 minute. Ishaan speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 140 words. How many words must be cut?
40. 40.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 280 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?

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