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 18 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 was nervous on the night of my first concert., My first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery., I failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks., 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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2.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: This book tells the story of the captain's years at sea., 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., I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five., Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life., The writer's first story, his sister recalled, was scribbled on an old calendar.
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3.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm., Friends who were there said Omar was nervous at his first concert., After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted., My family moved to the city when I was seven., She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five., I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar.
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LessonPrint · RI.4.6 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Biography or Autobiography?
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. I failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks. — Autobiography 2. I was nervous on the night of my first concert. — Autobiography 3. My first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery. — Autobiography 4. People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning. — Biography 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. At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own. — 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. The writer's first story, his sister recalled, was scribbled on an old calendar. — 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. After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted. — Biography 2. Friends who were there said Omar was nervous at his first concert. — Biography 3. I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm. — Autobiography 4. I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar. — Autobiography 5. My family moved to the city when I was seven. — Autobiography 6. She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — Biography
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.