They divided the powers into three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial. So that in case one branch has too much power, they have the other branches to check them. All three branches has the same amount of powers but different kind of branch.
Answer: B
Explanation:
I don't know much about gerunds and I'm not very good at explaining but a gerund is a form that is derived from a verb but it functions as a noun.
Answer:
I think it would either be b or c, but I am not sure which it is out of those 2. I would probably say b, but it could be c
Explanation:
The children would be the reflexive pronoun.