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2. What is a unit of alcohol?

In order to help us understand levels of alcohol consumption, we use the term ‘units’ of alcohol. A unit of alcohol equates to 10ml or 8g or pure alcohol, which is around the amount of alcohol the average adult can process in an hour.

Drag each alcoholic drink to the appropriate box.

Keyboard users can tab to the Alcoholic drinks and use the directional keys and the space bar to select the desired alcohol unit. Then select either "One unit of alcohol" or "Drinks higher than a single unit" in the same way, finally checking their choice through the "Check Answer" button which appears.

Alcoholic Drinks

  • Half pint of regular beer, cider or lager.
  • One small glass of sherry.
  • One single measure of aperitif.
  • One single measure of spirits.
  • Half a small glass of wine.
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  • A pint of regular beer, cider or lager.
  • A pint of strong beer, cider or lager.
  • Alcho-pop or 275ml of bottle of regular lager.
  • A 440ml can of regular lager or cider.
  • A 440ml can of super strength lager.
  • A large glass of wine.
  • A 75cl bottle of wine (9 units of alcohol).
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