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Charts, Diagrams and Timelines is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on choosing what a chart, diagram or timeline adds to a text, aligned to Common Core standard RI.4.7. It prints 8 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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Charts, Diagrams and Timelines

RI.4.7

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Circle the right answer.

1.A text about bridges adds a photograph of one being built in 1930. What does it add?
  • A.It explains the math of a bridge.
  • B.It shows what the work really looked like at the time.
  • C.It shows how bridges will look in the future.
2.A text about Yellowstone adds a map with the rivers marked. What does it add?
  • A.It shows where the rivers run through the park.
  • B.It shows how many wolves there are each year.
  • C.It explains how wolves hunt.
3.A text about coral adds a close-up diagram of one polyp with its algae labeled. What does it add?
  • A.It gives the date reefs formed.
  • B.It shows where reefs are on a world map.
  • C.It shows parts too small to see, which the text describes.
4.A text about a frog's life cycle adds a diagram with arrows in a circle. What does it add?
  • A.It shows the stages repeat in a loop.
  • B.It gives the frog a name.
  • C.It gives the author's opinion of frogs.
5.A text about Britain's railways adds a timeline from 1825 to 1880. What does it add?
  • A.It shows when each change happened, in order.
  • B.It shows what a train looks like inside.
  • C.It tells a story about a driver.
6.A text about a canal lock adds three numbered pictures. What do they add?
  • A.They show the cost of building the canal.
  • B.They show the steps of a boat passing through, in order.
  • C.They list the boats by size.
7.A text about volcanoes adds a cross-section of a volcano. What does it add?
  • A.It shows how many people visit volcanoes.
  • B.It lists every volcano by name.
  • C.It shows the inside, where the magma rises.
8.A text about a town adds a line graph of its population from 1900 to 2000. What does it add?
  • A.It shows where the town's streets are.
  • B.It names everybody who lived there.
  • C.It shows how the number of people rose or fell over time.

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Answer key — Charts, Diagrams and Timelines

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  1. 1.It shows what the work really looked like at the time.
  2. 2.It shows where the rivers run through the park.
  3. 3.It shows parts too small to see, which the text describes.
  4. 4.It shows the stages repeat in a loop.
  5. 5.It shows when each change happened, in order.
  6. 6.They show the steps of a boat passing through, in order.
  7. 7.It shows the inside, where the magma rises.
  8. 8.It shows how the number of people rose or fell over time.

More practice for RI.4.7

Read charts, diagrams and time lines, and say what they add to the text.

Teaching this next? Charts, Timelines and Web Pages is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.7 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.