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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 bridges adds a photograph of one being built in 1930. What does it add?
  • A.It shows what the work really looked like at the time.
  • B.It explains the math of a bridge.
  • C.It shows how bridges will look in the future.
3.A text about volcanoes adds a cross-section of a volcano. What does it add?
  • A.It lists every volcano by name.
  • B.It shows the inside, where the magma rises.
  • C.It shows how many people visit volcanoes.
4.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 explains how wolves hunt.
  • C.It shows how many wolves there are each year.
5.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 list the boats by size.
  • C.They show the cost of building the canal.
6.A text about the planets adds a table of their sizes and distances from the Sun. What does it add?
  • A.It tells a story about an astronaut.
  • B.It puts the numbers side by side so they can be compared.
  • C.It shows what a planet sounds like.
7.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.
8.A text about a frog's life cycle adds a diagram with arrows in a circle. What does it add?
  • A.It gives the frog a name.
  • B.It shows the stages repeat in a loop.
  • C.It gives the author's opinion of frogs.

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Answer key — Charts, Diagrams and Timelines

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  1. 1.It shows what share of the trash each material makes up.
  2. 2.It shows what the work really looked like at the time.
  3. 3.It shows the inside, where the magma rises.
  4. 4.It shows where the rivers run through the park.
  5. 5.They show the steps of a boat passing through, in order.
  6. 6.It puts the numbers side by side so they can be compared.
  7. 7.It shows where each part is and what it is called.
  8. 8.It shows the stages repeat in a loop.

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.