Skip to content
LessonPrint

The Three Branches is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on what each branch of the US government does, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.5.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 16 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

Next set

One paper per student

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425

Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

The Three Branches

D2.Civ.5.3-5

NameDate

Sort each one into the branch of the US government it belongs to.

1.Sort each one: Legislative or Executive or Judicial?

Sort: The Senate, The Vice President, Makes the laws, Chooses the members of the Cabinet, The Supreme Court, Decides if a law follows the Constitution

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial
2.Sort each one: Legislative or Executive or Judicial?

Sort: Decides how the national government spends money, Federal judges and courts, Carries out the laws, The House of Representatives, Lives and works in the White House, Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial
3.Sort each one: Legislative or Executive or Judicial?

Sort: Can veto a bill, Signs bills to make them laws, Its judges can serve for life, Can declare war, Has nine justices, Has 100 senators, two from each state

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.5.3-5 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — The Three Branches

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Chooses the members of the Cabinet — Executive 2. Decides if a law follows the Constitution — Judicial 3. Makes the laws — Legislative 4. The Senate — Legislative 5. The Supreme Court — Judicial 6. The Vice President — Executive
  2. 2.1. Carries out the laws — Executive 2. Decides how the national government spends money — Legislative 3. Federal judges and courts — Judicial 4. Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law — Judicial 5. Lives and works in the White House — Executive 6. The House of Representatives — Legislative
  3. 3.1. Can declare war — Legislative 2. Can veto a bill — Executive 3. Has 100 senators, two from each state — Legislative 4. Has nine justices — Judicial 5. Its judges can serve for life — Judicial 6. Signs bills to make them laws — Executive

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.