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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 tells how to make paper.
  • B.It shows what share of the trash each material makes up.
  • C.It shows the order the trash cans are emptied.
2.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 shows where each part is and what it is called.
  • C.It lists doctors in order of age.
3.A text about Britain's railways adds a timeline from 1825 to 1880. What does it add?
  • A.It tells a story about a driver.
  • B.It shows what a train looks like inside.
  • C.It shows when each change happened, in order.
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 the Wright brothers adds a timeline of their test flights. What does it add?
  • A.It shows the inside of the engine.
  • B.It compares the brothers' heights.
  • C.It shows the order and dates of the flights.
6.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.
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 tells a story about an astronaut.
  • C.It shows what a planet sounds like.
8.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 shows parts too small to see, which the text describes.
  • C.It gives the date reefs formed.

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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 where each part is and what it is called.
  3. 3.It shows when each change happened, in order.
  4. 4.It shows where the rivers run through the park.
  5. 5.It shows the order and dates of the flights.
  6. 6.They show the steps of a boat passing through, in order.
  7. 7.It puts the numbers side by side so they can be compared.
  8. 8.It shows parts too small to see, which the text describes.

More practice for RI.4.7

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

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