Biography or Autobiography? is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on telling a life told by someone else from one told by the person, aligned to Common Core standard RI.4.6. It prints 3 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.
Set 11 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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Biography or Autobiography?
RI.4.6
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Sort each one into the right column.
1.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: I failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks., I still remember how cold the river felt the day I learned to swim., The family moved to the city when Priya was seven., Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life., Records show that Lin kept a diary of every bird on the farm., I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm.
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2.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar., In this book I tell the story of my years at sea., His first job was sweeping the floor of his uncle's bakery., The writer's first story, his sister recalled, was scribbled on an old calendar., After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted., I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five.
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3.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: I have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen., My family moved to the city when I was seven., This book tells the story of the captain's years at sea., People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning., At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own., When I was ten, I decided I would build a boat of my own.
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LessonPrint · RI.4.6 · Set 11 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Biography or Autobiography?
Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life. — Biography 2. I failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks. — Autobiography 3. I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm. — Autobiography 4. I still remember how cold the river felt the day I learned to swim. — Autobiography 5. Records show that Lin kept a diary of every bird on the farm. — Biography 6. The family moved to the city when Priya was seven. — Biography
2.1. After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted. — Biography 2. His first job was sweeping the floor of his uncle's bakery. — Biography 3. I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — Autobiography 4. I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar. — Autobiography 5. In this book I tell the story of my years at sea. — Autobiography 6. The writer's first story, his sister recalled, was scribbled on an old calendar. — Biography
3.1. At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own. — Biography 2. I have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen. — Autobiography 3. My family moved to the city when I was seven. — Autobiography 4. People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning. — Biography 5. This book tells the story of the captain's years at sea. — Biography 6. When I was ten, I decided I would build a boat of my own. — Autobiography
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.