Home / English / Printables / Grade 4 / Charts, Diagrams and Timelines 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 coral adds a close-up diagram of one polyp with its algae labeled. What does it add?
A. It shows where reefs are on a world map. B. It gives the date reefs formed. C. It shows parts too small to see, which the text describes. 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 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. 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 tells a story about a driver. C. It shows what a train looks like inside. 5. A text about the planets adds a table of their sizes and distances from the Sun. What does it add?
A. It shows what a planet sounds like. B. It puts the numbers side by side so they can be compared. C. It tells a story about an astronaut. 6. 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. 7. A text about a frog's life cycle adds a diagram with arrows in a circle. What does it add?
A. It gives the author's opinion of frogs. B. It shows the stages repeat in a loop. C. It gives the frog a name. 8. A text about recycling adds a pie chart of what goes in the school's trash. What does it add?
A. It shows the order the trash cans are emptied. B. It shows what share of the trash each material makes up. C. It tells how to make paper. LessonPrint · RI.4.7 · Set 4 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Charts, Diagrams and Timelines Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.
1. It shows parts too small to see, which the text describes. 2. It shows what the work really looked like at the time. 3. It shows how the number of people rose or fell over time. 4. It shows when each change happened, in order. 5. It puts the numbers side by side so they can be compared. 6. It shows the inside, where the magma rises. 7. It shows the stages repeat in a loop. 8. It shows what share of the trash each material makes up. Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.7 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.