Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 924 · 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.🎙️ In a practice run, Nisha said 200 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
2. 2.⏱️ Meera’s debate speech has 720 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
3. 3.🎙️ In a practice run, Ananya said 240 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
4. 4.🎙️ In a practice run, Arjun said 500 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
5. 5.⏱️ Tara speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute competition speech?
6. 6.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) skip the ending (b) ignore the limit (c) speak super fast (d) cut the weakest part
7. 7.⏱️ How many words can Saanvi say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
8. 8.⏸️ Pauses and audience laughter take time too. So your speech should be… (a) a little under the limit (b) far over the limit (c) exactly at the limit
9. 9.⏱️ Meera’s class presentation has 260 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
10. 10.✂️ Vihaan’s class presentation must fit in 2 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 320 words. How many words must be cut?
11. 11.⏱️ Tara speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute debate speech?
12. 12.✂️ Kabir’s competition speech must fit in 3 minutes. Kabir speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 330 words. How many words must be cut?
13. 13.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to skip the ending (b) to fit the time limit (c) to speak faster (d) to tire yourself
14. 14.⏱️ Ishaan reads a 360-word class presentation at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
15. 15.🐢 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
16. 16.✂️ Aarav’s class presentation must fit in 3 minutes. Aarav speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 340 words. How many words must be cut?
17. 17.🎙️ In a practice run, Kabir said 300 words in 3 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
18. 18.✂️ Vihaan’s class presentation must fit in 4 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 530 words. How many words must be cut?
19. 19.⏱️ Diya speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 2-minute science fair talk?
20. 20.⏱️ Saanvi speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute class presentation?
21. 21.⏱️ How many words can Tara say in 3 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
22. 22.⏱️ Rohan speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute debate speech?
23. 23.⏱️ Vihaan speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute science fair talk?
24. 24.⏱️ How many words can Ishaan say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
25. 25.⏱️ Nisha speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute competition speech?
26. 26.⏱️ Tara’s assembly talk has 240 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
27. 27.✂️ Aarav’s science fair talk must fit in 3 minutes. Aarav speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 310 words. How many words must be cut?
28. 28.✂️ Ananya’s assembly talk must fit in 4 minutes. Ananya speaks at 110 words a minute and has written 470 words. How many words must be cut?
29. 29.⏱️ How many words can Kabir say in 2 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
30. 30.⏱️ Tara speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute class presentation?
31. 31.⏱️ Saanvi’s class presentation has 900 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
32. 32.🎙️ In a practice run, Ananya said 650 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
33. 33.✂️ Ananya’s science fair talk must fit in 1 minute. Ananya speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 170 words. How many words must be cut?
34. 34.🎙️ In a practice run, Tara said 220 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
35. 35.⏱️ Diya reads a 200-word class presentation at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
36. 36.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute competition speech?
37. 37.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 120 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute assembly talk?
38. 38.✂️ Vihaan’s competition speech must fit in 2 minutes. Vihaan speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 290 words. How many words must be cut?
39. 39.⏱️ Ananya reads a 180-word competition speech at 120 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
40. 40.🎙️ In a practice run, Vihaan said 650 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?

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