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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 850 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🎙️ In a practice run, Arjun said 390 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
  2. 2.🐢 Which is a comfortable speaking pace for most speeches? (a) 120–150 words a minute (b) 20–30 words a minute (c) 300–400 words a minute
  3. 3.⏱️ Aarav reads a 150-word debate speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
  4. 4.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute class presentation?
  5. 5.✂️ Meera’s science fair talk must fit in 3 minutes. Meera speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 330 words. How many words must be cut?
  6. 6.⏱️ Diya speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute science fair talk?
  7. 7.⏱️ Vihaan’s assembly talk has 200 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
  8. 8.⏱️ Ananya’s debate speech has 600 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
  9. 9.⏱️ Vihaan speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute welcome speech?
  10. 10.⏱️ Diya speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute class presentation?
  11. 11.✂️ Nisha’s assembly talk must fit in 3 minutes. Nisha speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 380 words. How many words must be cut?
  12. 12.✂️ Arjun’s assembly talk must fit in 2 minutes. Arjun speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 260 words. How many words must be cut?
  13. 13.⏱️ Aarav’s debate speech has 900 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
  14. 14.⏱️ Saanvi reads a 225-word welcome speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
  15. 15.✂️ Rohan’s science fair talk must fit in 2 minutes. Rohan speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 280 words. How many words must be cut?
  16. 16.✂️ Meera’s debate speech must fit in 1 minute. Meera speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 200 words. How many words must be cut?
  17. 17.✂️ Arjun’s welcome speech must fit in 3 minutes. Arjun speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 430 words. How many words must be cut?
  18. 18.⏸️ 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
  19. 19.⏱️ Vihaan speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute welcome speech?
  20. 20.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to speak faster (b) to tire yourself (c) to skip the ending (d) to fit the time limit
  21. 21.⏱️ Nisha’s class presentation has 280 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
  22. 22.⏱️ Saanvi reads a 240-word welcome speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
  23. 23.⏱️ How many words can Tara say in 1 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
  24. 24.⏱️ Ishaan’s competition speech has 750 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
  25. 25.⏱️ Meera reads a 300-word competition speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
  26. 26.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute welcome speech?
  27. 27.🎙️ In a practice run, Meera said 550 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
  28. 28.⏱️ Nisha reads a 120-word class presentation at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
  29. 29.⏱️ Ishaan speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute welcome speech?
  30. 30.⏱️ Meera’s class presentation has 650 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
  31. 31.⏱️ Ananya reads a 100-word assembly talk at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
  32. 32.⏱️ How many words can Kabir say in 3 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
  33. 33.⏱️ How many words can Vihaan say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
  34. 34.⏱️ How many words can Tara say in 2 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
  35. 35.⏱️ How many words can Diya say in 1 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
  36. 36.✂️ Meera’s assembly talk must fit in 1 minute. Meera speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 190 words. How many words must be cut?
  37. 37.🎙️ In a practice run, Ishaan said 600 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
  38. 38.✂️ Tara’s welcome speech must fit in 4 minutes. Tara speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 640 words. How many words must be cut?
  39. 39.⏱️ Aarav reads a 100-word assembly talk at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
  40. 40.⏱️ Aarav reads a 225-word debate speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?

Answer key

  1. 130
  2. 120–150 words a minute
  3. 60
  4. 520
  5. 30
  6. 750
  7. 2
  8. 4
  9. 240
  10. 600
  11. 20
  12. 60
  13. 6
  14. 90
  15. 80
  16. 70
  17. 40
  18. a little under the limit
  19. 150
  20. to fit the time limit
  21. 2
  22. 120
  23. 180
  24. 5
  25. 120
  26. 300
  27. 110
  28. 60
  29. 130
  30. 5
  31. 60
  32. 420
  33. 250
  34. 350
  35. 180
  36. 80
  37. 150
  38. 40
  39. 60
  40. 90

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