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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.

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The Three Branches

D2.Civ.5.3-5

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

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

Sort: Can veto a bill, The Supreme Court, Has nine justices, The Vice President, The Senate, Can declare war

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

Sort: Votes on new laws, called bills, Commands the armed forces, Decides what laws mean, The House of Representatives, Its judges can serve for life, The President

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

Sort: Congress, Lives and works in the White House, Makes the laws, Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law, Carries out the laws, Decides if a law follows the Constitution

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — The Three Branches

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Can declare war — Legislative 2. Can veto a bill — Executive 3. Has nine justices — Judicial 4. The Senate — Legislative 5. The Supreme Court — Judicial 6. The Vice President — Executive
  2. 2.1. Commands the armed forces — Executive 2. Decides what laws mean — Judicial 3. Its judges can serve for life — Judicial 4. The House of Representatives — Legislative 5. The President — Executive 6. Votes on new laws, called bills — Legislative
  3. 3.1. Carries out the laws — Executive 2. Congress — Legislative 3. Decides if a law follows the Constitution — Judicial 4. Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law — Judicial 5. Lives and works in the White House — Executive 6. Makes the laws — Legislative

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