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 13 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
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: People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning., I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm., His first job was sweeping the floor of his uncle's bakery., Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life., The family moved to the city when Priya was seven., I failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks.
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2.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: When I was ten, I decided I would build a boat of my own., She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five., In this book I tell the story of my years at sea., This book tells the story of the captain's years at sea., After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted., I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar.
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3.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: I still remember how cold the river felt the day I learned to swim., The writer's first story, his sister recalled, was scribbled on an old calendar., I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five., Letters from the time describe the kitchen where he grew up., I have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen., Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life.
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LessonPrint · RI.4.6 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Biography or Autobiography?
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. His first job was sweeping the floor of his uncle's bakery. — 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. Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life. — Autobiography 5. People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning. — 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. I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar. — Autobiography 3. In this book I tell the story of my years at sea. — Autobiography 4. She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — 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
3.1. Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life. — Biography 2. I have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen. — Autobiography 3. I still remember how cold the river felt the day I learned to swim. — Autobiography 4. I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — Autobiography 5. Letters from the time describe the kitchen where he grew up. — Biography 6. The writer's first story, his sister recalled, was scribbled on an old calendar. — Biography
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.