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 15 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: My family moved to the city when I 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 wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar., His first job was sweeping the floor of his uncle's bakery., My first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery.
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2.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life., The family moved to the city when Priya was seven., People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning., She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five., I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm., I have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen.
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3.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: I was nervous on the night of my first concert., At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own., I failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks., Friends who were there said Omar was nervous at his first concert., I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five., Letters from the time describe the kitchen where he grew up.
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LessonPrint · RI.4.6 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Biography or Autobiography?
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. His first job was sweeping the floor of his uncle's bakery. — Biography 2. Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life. — Biography 3. I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar. — 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. Records show that Lin kept a diary of every bird on the farm. — Biography
2.1. I have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen. — Autobiography 2. I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm. — Autobiography 3. Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life. — Autobiography 4. People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning. — Biography 5. She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — Biography 6. The family moved to the city when Priya was seven. — Biography
3.1. At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own. — Biography 2. Friends who were there said Omar was nervous at his first concert. — Biography 3. I failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks. — Autobiography 4. I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — Autobiography 5. I was nervous on the night of my first concert. — Autobiography 6. Letters from the time describe the kitchen where he grew up. — Biography
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.