Law & Citizenship · Unit 9

Law in Everyday Life

Contracts, consumers, work and the rules around us

Most people's actual contact with law is not criminal. It is contracts, employment, consumer rights and the rules of the road, all of which apply constantly and mostly invisibly.

The unit covers agreements and contracts, consumer rights, work and employment, road rules, and law online - the area changing fastest and settled least.

This unit breaks down into 18 short steps and 109 questions, starting at difficulty 2 and building to 4. Below you can see exactly what it covers, how the path is structured, and worked examples with explanations.

Steps: 18
Questions: 109
Difficulty: 2-4

What this unit covers

Work and Employment
Rules of the Road
Agreements and Contracts
Law Online
Consumer Rights

Where this fits

Follows Rights and Freedoms. The most immediately practical unit in the track.

Where people slip

A contract does not need to be written or signed. Buying a coffee forms one, and the written version is about proving terms rather than creating them.

How the unit is structured

Law in Everyday Life runs as 18 short steps that unlock in order. 13 are practice rounds and 5 are challenge rounds that pull together everything before them. Questions start at difficulty 2 and climb to 4 as you progress.

Step 1 · easierStep 18 · harder

Challenge rounds

Example questions

30 real questions from this unit, with the answer and the reason behind it, grouped by what they practise. There are 109 in the unit altogether.

Agreements and Contracts

True or falseLevel 2
1. Buying a bus ticket creates a contract.
Answer: True
True. You pay and the operator agrees to carry you.
Choose all that applyLevel 3
2. Which are contracts? Pick all that apply.
- Buying a phonecorrect
- Renting a flatcorrect
- Starting a jobcorrect
- Waving to a friend
Buying goods, renting a home and taking a job are all contracts.
Multiple choiceLevel 3
3. Do contracts always have to be written?
- No, many are spoken or made by conduct
- Yes, always in writing
- Only if signed by a judge
- Only online
No. Many everyday contracts are made by speaking or simply by buying something.
Put in orderLevel 3
4. Put these contract remedies stages in order.
Answer: A breach occurs -> Loss is suffered -> The claimant mitigates -> A claim is brought -> Damages are assessed
Breach, loss, mitigation, claim, damages.
Sort into groupsLevel 3
5. Sort each situation as a contract or not a contract.
Answer: Buying a train ticket = A contract; Signing a phone deal = A contract; Promising to meet a friend = Not a contract; Agreeing to play a game = Not a contract
Contracts involve an agreement with something exchanged.
Type the answerLevel 3
6. What is the something of value each side gives in a contract called?
Answer: consideration
Consideration is what each party provides.

Consumer Rights

Odd one outLevel 2
7. Which of these is NOT a consumer right?
- Getting goods for freecorrect
- Goods matching the description
- Goods of satisfactory quality
- Goods fit for purpose
There is no right to have goods for free.
Picture questionLevel 2
8. 🧾 What is this used for when returning a faulty item?
- Proving where and when you bought itcorrect
- Paying tax
- Voting
- Entering a competition
A receipt is proof of purchase.
Put in orderLevel 2
9. Put these steps of returning a faulty item in order.
Answer: Find the receipt -> Contact the seller -> Explain the fault -> Agree a repair, replacement or refund
Find receipt, contact seller, explain, agree remedy.
Choose all that applyLevel 3
10. Which are consumer rights? Pick all that apply.
- Goods matching their descriptioncorrect
- Goods of satisfactory qualitycorrect
- Goods fit for their purposecorrect
- Goods always being free
Goods as described, of proper quality and fit for purpose are all rights.
Fill the blankLevel 3
11. A period allowing cancellation without a reason is a ____ off period.
- coolingcorrect
- warming
- trading
- closing
Cooling off periods protect distance buyers.
Multiple choiceLevel 3
12. What can you usually do if something you bought is faulty?
- Ask for a repair, replacement or refund
- Nothing at all
- Only complain online
- Keep it and say nothing
Ask for a repair, replacement or refund depending on the circumstances.

Law Online

Choose all that applyLevel 2
13. Which are illegal online in most places? Pick all that apply.
- Online fraudcorrect
- Harassment and threatscorrect
- Hacking into an accountcorrect
- Posting a holiday photo of yourself
Fraud, harassment and unauthorised access are all crimes.
Fact or fibLevel 2
14. Anything posted anonymously online cannot be traced.
Answer: False
False. Investigations can often identify who posted something.
Multiple choiceLevel 2
15. What is copyright?
- A right protecting creative work from copyingcorrect
- A right to any file
- A tax on downloads
- A password
A right protecting creative work from being copied without permission.
Type the answerLevel 2
16. What is tricking someone into giving personal details online called?
Answer: phishing
Phishing steals information through deception.
Build the sentenceLevel 3
17. Build a sentence about online law.
Answer: The same laws generally apply online and offline
The same laws generally apply online and offline.
True or falseLevel 3
18. Sharing someone's private photos without permission can be against the law.
Answer: True
True. It can breach privacy and other laws.

Rules of the Road

Choose all that applyLevel 2
19. Which are road rules that protect people? Pick all that apply.
- Speed limitscorrect
- Wearing seatbeltscorrect
- Stopping at pedestrian crossingscorrect
- Overtaking on blind bends
Speed limits, seatbelts and stopping at crossings all protect people.
Multiple choiceLevel 2
20. Why must drivers hold a licence?
- It shows they have been tested as competentcorrect
- It is a souvenir
- It proves ownership
- It is optional
It shows they have been tested and are competent to drive safely.
Type the answerLevel 2
21. What must a driver pass before being allowed to drive alone?
Answer: driving test
A driving test checks competence.
Build the sentenceLevel 3
22. Build a sentence about road safety.
Answer: Speed limits protect drivers and pedestrians
Speed limits protect drivers and pedestrians.
True or falseLevel 3
23. Wearing a seatbelt is legally required in most countries.
Answer: True
True, because it dramatically reduces injury.
Fact or fibLevel 4
24. Road safety is best improved by relying on drivers never making mistakes.
Answer: False
False. Safe systems design assumes errors will happen and limits their consequences.

Work and Employment

Choose all that applyLevel 2
25. Which are workers' rights in most countries? Pick all that apply.
- Paid holidaycorrect
- A safe workplacecorrect
- At least the minimum wagecorrect
- Working unlimited hours without breaks
Paid holiday, a safe workplace and minimum wage are typical rights.
Build the sentenceLevel 3
26. Build a sentence about work.
Answer: Workers have rights to safety and fair pay
Workers have rights to safety and fair pay.
Fill the blankLevel 3
27. The lowest hourly pay allowed by law is the ____ wage.
- minimumcorrect
- maximum
- average
- bonus
Minimum wage laws set a legal floor.
Multiple choiceLevel 3
28. What is an employment contract?
- The agreement setting out job termscorrect
- A shop receipt
- A tax bill
- A court order
The agreement setting out the terms of someone's job.
Put in orderLevel 3
29. Put these steps of a workplace dispute in order.
Answer: Raise the issue informally -> Submit a formal grievance -> Attend a hearing -> Appeal internally -> Apply to a tribunal
Raise informally, formal grievance, hearing, appeal, tribunal.
Sort into groupsLevel 4
30. Sort each factor by whether it points to employment or self employment.
Answer: Employer controls how work is done = Points to employment; Must perform the work personally = Points to employment; Can send a substitute = Points to self employment; Provides own equipment and bears risk = Points to self employment
Courts weigh the reality of the relationship.

Where these questions come from. Each unit starts as a plan of the concepts it should cover and the difficulty it should span. Questions are written against that plan with AI assistance, then checked by a validator that rejects anything without a single defensible answer, an explanation, or plausible wrong options. How we write questions sets out the whole process, and corrections are fixed in the bank and reach the site and the app the same day.

How you practise

This unit mixes 11 different question formats, so you are recalling and applying rather than recognising the same layout every time.

Build the sentence
Choose all that apply
Fact or fib
Fill the blank
Multiple choice
Odd one out
Picture question
Put in order
Sort into groups
True or false
Type the answer

Practise Law in Everyday Life

109 questions across 18 steps. Start with step one and crawl at your own pace.

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