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 19 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 first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery., Friends who were there said Omar was nervous at his first concert., When I was ten, I decided I would build a boat of my own., At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own., His first job was sweeping the floor of his uncle's bakery., I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five.
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2.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: 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., Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life., I was nervous on the night of my first concert., 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 failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks., I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm., After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted., I have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen., Records show that Lin kept a diary of every bird on the farm., People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning.
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LessonPrint · RI.4.6 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Biography or Autobiography?
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 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. His first job was sweeping the floor of his uncle's bakery. — Biography 4. I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — Autobiography 5. My first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery. — Autobiography 6. When I was ten, I decided I would build a boat of my own. — Autobiography
2.1. Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life. — Biography 2. I still remember how cold the river felt the day I learned to swim. — Autobiography 3. I was nervous on the night of my first concert. — Autobiography 4. Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life. — Autobiography 5. The family moved to the city when Priya was seven. — Biography 6. The writer's first story, his sister recalled, was scribbled on an old calendar. — Biography
3.1. After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted. — Biography 2. I failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks. — Autobiography 3. I have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen. — Autobiography 4. I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm. — Autobiography 5. People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning. — Biography 6. Records show that Lin kept a diary of every bird on the farm. — Biography
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.