Speech: 01/8
Lives: 3 lives left
Score: 0000
Best: --

Public Speaking Pace

Cut the filler words, place the pauses, land the punchline. Make the speech flow.

Public Speaking Pace

Eight short speeches, from a team update to a museum tour, all full of um, like and basically. Tap the filler words to cut them, tap the gaps to place pauses, then deliver and compare with the clean version.

8 speeches
Speaking

How to play

Cut the fillers. With the ✂ Cut tool, tap um, uh, like, you know, basically… Watch out: "I like bikes" and "turn right" are real words.
Place the pauses. With the ‖ Pause tool, tap the gap before the punchline, or after a question to the room. Keys: C, P, arrows, Enter, D to deliver.
Deliver. See the clean version, what you missed and why each pause works. Under half right costs one of 3 lives.
Score. +20 per filler cut, +30 per pause in place, −20 per real word cut, −10 per pause mid-phrase, +50 for a perfect speech.

Quick tips

Fillers sit at the edges. Most hide at the start of a sentence (So, um…) or right before an important word.
Check the meaning. If the sentence breaks without the word, it isn't a filler: "felt like a week" needs like.
Pause before the punchline. The laugh, or the nod, comes in the silence just before the last line.
Wait after a question. Asking the room something? Give people a beat to answer in their heads, or raise a hand.
Never pause mid-phrase. A pause between "the" and "dinosaur" sounds like you lost your place.