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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 volcanoes adds a cross-section of a volcano. What does it add?
  • A.It lists every volcano by name.
  • B.It shows how many people visit volcanoes.
  • C.It shows the inside, where the magma rises.
2.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.
3.A text about the heart adds a labeled cut-away diagram. What does it add?
  • A.It shows how fast hearts beat over a year.
  • B.It lists doctors in order of age.
  • C.It shows where each part is and what it is called.
4.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.
5.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 author's opinion of frogs.
  • C.It gives the frog a name.
6.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.
7.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 shows what a planet sounds like.
  • C.It tells a story about an astronaut.
8.A text about the Wright brothers adds a timeline of their test flights. What does it add?
  • A.It shows the order and dates of the flights.
  • B.It shows the inside of the engine.
  • C.It compares the brothers' heights.

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Answer key — Charts, Diagrams and Timelines

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  1. 1.It shows the inside, where the magma rises.
  2. 2.It shows when each change happened, in order.
  3. 3.It shows where each part is and what it is called.
  4. 4.It shows what share of the trash each material makes up.
  5. 5.It shows the stages repeat in a loop.
  6. 6.It shows what the work really looked like at the time.
  7. 7.It puts the numbers side by side so they can be compared.
  8. 8.It shows the order and dates of the flights.

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.