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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 recycling adds a pie chart of what goes in the school's trash. What does it add?
  • A.It shows what share of the trash each material makes up.
  • B.It shows the order the trash cans are emptied.
  • C.It tells how to make paper.
2.A text about a canal lock adds three numbered pictures. What do they add?
  • A.They show the steps of a boat passing through, in order.
  • B.They show the cost of building the canal.
  • C.They list the boats by size.
3.A text about the planets adds a table of their sizes and distances from the Sun. What does it add?
  • A.It puts the numbers side by side so they can be compared.
  • B.It tells a story about an astronaut.
  • C.It shows what a planet sounds like.
4.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.
5.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 shows how the number of people rose or fell over time.
  • C.It names everybody who lived there.
6.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 parts too small to see, which the text describes.
  • C.It shows where reefs are on a world map.
7.A text about rainfall adds a bar chart of the rain in each month. What does it add?
  • A.It lets you compare the wet and dry months at a glance.
  • B.It explains why rain falls.
  • C.It shows a map of the rain clouds.
8.A text about the heart adds a labeled cut-away diagram. What does it add?
  • A.It lists doctors in order of age.
  • B.It shows how fast hearts beat over a year.
  • C.It shows where each part is and what it is called.

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Answer key — Charts, Diagrams and Timelines

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.It shows what share of the trash each material makes up.
  2. 2.They show the steps of a boat passing through, in order.
  3. 3.It puts the numbers side by side so they can be compared.
  4. 4.It shows when each change happened, in order.
  5. 5.It shows how the number of people rose or fell over time.
  6. 6.It shows parts too small to see, which the text describes.
  7. 7.It lets you compare the wet and dry months at a glance.
  8. 8.It shows where each part is and what it is called.

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.