Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 846 · 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.⏱️ How many words can Ananya say in 1 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
2. 2.⏱️ Meera speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute competition speech?
3. 3.⏱️ Aarav’s class presentation has 600 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
4. 4.✂️ Meera’s debate speech must fit in 3 minutes. Meera speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 470 words. How many words must be cut?
5. 5.✂️ Vihaan’s assembly talk must fit in 4 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 550 words. How many words must be cut?
6. 6.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute debate speech?
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) speak super fast (d) skip the ending
8. 8.⏱️ Vihaan’s debate speech has 600 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
9. 9.⏸️ 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
10. 10.🎙️ In a practice run, Nisha said 330 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
11. 11.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to skip the ending (b) to speak faster (c) to tire yourself (d) to fit the time limit
12. 12.✂️ Rohan’s debate speech must fit in 4 minutes. Rohan speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 460 words. How many words must be cut?
13. 13.🐢 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
14. 14.🎙️ In a practice run, Ananya said 220 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
15. 15.⏱️ Diya’s welcome speech has 660 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
16. 16.✂️ Tara’s class presentation must fit in 1 minute. Tara speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 140 words. How many words must be cut?
17. 17.⏱️ Arjun’s competition speech has 450 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
18. 18.⏱️ Rohan’s class presentation has 840 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
19. 19.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 700 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
20. 20.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute welcome speech?
21. 21.🎙️ In a practice run, Tara said 450 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
22. 22.⏱️ Aarav’s debate speech has 260 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
23. 23.🎙️ In a practice run, Arjun said 280 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
24. 24.⏱️ Tara’s science fair talk has 220 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
25. 25.✂️ Arjun’s welcome speech must fit in 1 minute. Arjun speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 150 words. How many words must be cut?
26. 26.✂️ Rohan’s debate speech must fit in 4 minutes. Rohan speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 500 words. How many words must be cut?
27. 27.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute class presentation?
28. 28.⏱️ How many words can Diya say in 3 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
29. 29.🎙️ In a practice run, Vihaan said 360 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
30. 30.⏱️ Aarav’s debate speech has 660 words. At 110 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
31. 31.⏱️ Aarav reads a 75-word competition speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
32. 32.✂️ Diya’s welcome speech must fit in 3 minutes. Diya speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 390 words. How many words must be cut?
33. 33.⏱️ Diya speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute class presentation?
34. 34.⏱️ Aarav’s competition speech has 360 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
35. 35.⏱️ How many words can Ishaan say in 2 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
36. 36.⏱️ Arjun speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute class presentation?
37. 37.⏱️ Diya speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute debate speech?
38. 38.⏱️ Ishaan reads a 250-word debate speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
39. 39.🎙️ In a practice run, Rohan said 450 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
40. 40.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute class presentation?

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