Mention Practice 3.11

Mention Practice is one of the 12 Melons Methods for Reading and Listening. Read each statement and say if it is mentioned according to the writer. The last 2 are sample questions.

Water Consumption

How much fluid should you drink each day for good health? Eight glasses a day has been the widely circulated advice. But recently, two large studies have suggested that’s probably overkill. It turns out that under normal circumstances, you get most of the liquid you need each day from what you routinely eat and drink, including coffee, tea, soft drinks, and even some alcoholic drinks.

Mention Practice

1. Drinking fluid is good for health.
2. The amount of fluid intake can be healthy and unhealthy.
3. Eight glasses a day is the most accurate amount of fluid intake.
4. Drinking 8 glasses of water or other fluids may not be a good habit.
5. The recent studies cannot be considered an ideal point to question the previous ones about drinking water.
6. Coffee and tea cannot be considered as fluid intake.
7. There is no need to drink additional amount of water.
8. One needn’t bother about extra fluid intake if he / she lives under normal circumstances and eat and drink normally.

Additional Questions

09. Drinking eight glasses of water a day is described as ‘overkill’ because:

1. Staying hydrated isn’t as important as we used to believe.
2. It is now considered unnecessary to drink so much.
3. The benefits have been known for many years.
4. There are better ways to stay hydrated.

10. What is understood from “normal circumstances?”

1. When one has been recently healthy;
2. When one has no constipation;
3. When one eats and drinks adequately;
4. When one drinks not less than 8 glasses a day.

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