Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Timing

Public speaking lesson 15: Timing a speech (words per minute) · Set 938 · 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.✂️ Kabir’s class presentation must fit in 4 minutes. Kabir speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 530 words. How many words must be cut?
2. 2.⏱️ Ishaan’s debate speech has 520 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
3. 3.✂️ Diya’s debate speech must fit in 1 minute. Diya speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 140 words. How many words must be cut?
4. 4.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) ignore the limit (b) cut the weakest part (c) skip the ending (d) speak super fast
5. 5.⏱️ Why should you time your speech when you practise? (a) to tire yourself (b) to speak faster (c) to skip the ending (d) to fit the time limit
6. 6.⏱️ Nisha’s assembly talk has 450 words. At 150 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
7. 7.🎙️ In a practice run, Meera said 480 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
8. 8.🎙️ In a practice run, Ishaan said 520 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
9. 9.⏱️ Nisha’s assembly talk has 560 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
10. 10.✂️ Aarav’s debate speech must fit in 1 minute. Aarav speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 180 words. How many words must be cut?
11. 11.✂️ Aarav’s debate speech must fit in 4 minutes. Aarav speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 570 words. How many words must be cut?
12. 12.✂️ Kabir’s assembly talk must fit in 2 minutes. Kabir speaks at 140 words a minute and has written 290 words. How many words must be cut?
13. 13.✂️ Rohan’s competition speech must fit in 4 minutes. Rohan speaks at 120 words a minute and has written 510 words. How many words must be cut?
14. 14.⏸️ 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
15. 15.⏱️ How many words can Vihaan say in 2 and a half minutes at 120 words a minute?
16. 16.✂️ Meera’s science fair talk must fit in 4 minutes. Meera speaks at 150 words a minute and has written 640 words. How many words must be cut?
17. 17.🎙️ In a practice run, Ananya said 700 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
18. 18.⏱️ Kabir speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 1-minute class presentation?
19. 19.⏱️ Aarav speaks at 130 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute class presentation?
20. 20.⏱️ Nisha speaks at 150 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute debate speech?
21. 21.🎙️ In a practice run, Nisha said 240 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
22. 22.🎙️ In a practice run, Saanvi said 280 words in 2 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
23. 23.🐢 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
24. 24.⏱️ Ishaan’s competition speech has 400 words. At 100 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
25. 25.⏱️ Nisha speaks at 100 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute science fair talk?
26. 26.⏱️ Nisha’s competition speech has 480 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
27. 27.⏱️ Vihaan reads a 300-word debate speech at 100 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
28. 28.⏱️ How many words can Tara say in 3 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
29. 29.⏱️ Vihaan’s assembly talk has 280 words. At 140 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
30. 30.⏱️ How many words can Arjun say in 2 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
31. 31.✂️ Meera’s debate speech must fit in 3 minutes. Meera speaks at 130 words a minute and has written 400 words. How many words must be cut?
32. 32.⏱️ Vihaan speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute debate speech?
33. 33.🎙️ In a practice run, Tara said 600 words in 4 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
34. 34.⏱️ How many words can Meera say in 2 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
35. 35.⏱️ Saanvi speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 3-minute assembly talk?
36. 36.⏱️ Ananya speaks at 140 words a minute. How many words fit in a 4-minute debate speech?
37. 37.⏱️ Nisha speaks at 110 words a minute. How many words fit in a 5-minute science fair talk?
38. 38.🎙️ In a practice run, Tara said 650 words in 5 minutes. How many words a minute is that?
39. 39.✂️ Diya’s class presentation must fit in 3 minutes. Diya speaks at 100 words a minute and has written 340 words. How many words must be cut?
40. 40.⏱️ How many words can Rohan say in 2 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?

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