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 21 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 Vice President, Decides how the national government spends money, Decides if a law follows the Constitution, Makes the laws, The President, Has nine justices

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

Sort: Is led by the Chief Justice, Chooses the members of the Cabinet, Its judges can serve for life, Can declare war, The House of Representatives, Commands the armed forces

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

Sort: Federal judges and courts, Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law, Congress, Lives and works in the White House, Votes on new laws, called bills, Can veto a bill

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.5.3-5 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — The Three Branches

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Decides how the national government spends money — Legislative 2. Decides if a law follows the Constitution — Judicial 3. Has nine justices — Judicial 4. Makes the laws — Legislative 5. The President — Executive 6. The Vice President — Executive
  2. 2.1. Can declare war — Legislative 2. Chooses the members of the Cabinet — Executive 3. Commands the armed forces — Executive 4. Is led by the Chief Justice — Judicial 5. Its judges can serve for life — Judicial 6. The House of Representatives — Legislative
  3. 3.1. Can veto a bill — Executive 2. Congress — 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. Votes on new laws, called bills — Legislative

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