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 14 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: Friends who were there said Omar was nervous at his first concert., My family moved to the city when I was seven., People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning., In this book I tell the story of my years at sea., My first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery., Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life.
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2.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five., When I was ten, I decided I would build a boat of my own., After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted., Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life., The family moved to the city when Priya was seven., Records show that Lin kept a diary of every bird on the farm.
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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., She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five., I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm., The writer's first story, his sister recalled, was scribbled on an old calendar., I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar., His first job was sweeping the floor of his uncle's bakery.
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LessonPrint · RI.4.6 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Biography or Autobiography?
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Friends who were there said Omar was nervous at his first concert. — Biography 2. Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life. — Biography 3. In this book I tell the story of my years at sea. — Autobiography 4. My family moved to the city when I was seven. — Autobiography 5. My first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery. — Autobiography 6. People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning. — Biography
2.1. After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted. — Biography 2. I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — Autobiography 3. Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life. — Autobiography 4. Records show that Lin kept a diary of every bird on the farm. — Biography 5. The family moved to the city when Priya was seven. — Biography 6. When I was ten, I decided I would build a boat of my own. — Autobiography
3.1. His first job was sweeping the floor of his uncle's bakery. — Biography 2. I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm. — Autobiography 3. I still remember how cold the river felt the day I learned to swim. — Autobiography 4. I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar. — Autobiography 5. She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — 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.