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 21 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: Letters from the time describe the kitchen where he grew up., Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life., I still remember how cold the river felt the day I learned to swim., This book tells the story of the captain's years at sea., I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm., After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted.
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2.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: His first job was sweeping the floor of his uncle's bakery., When I was ten, I decided I would build a boat of my own., Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life., I have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen., She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five., In this book I tell the story of my years at sea.
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3.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: Friends who were there said Omar was nervous at his first concert., People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning., I failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks., My first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery., I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar., Records show that Lin kept a diary of every bird on the farm.
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LessonPrint · RI.4.6 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Biography or Autobiography?
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted. — 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. Letters from the time describe the kitchen where he grew up. — Biography 5. Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life. — Autobiography 6. This book tells the story of the captain's years at sea. — Biography
2.1. 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 have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen. — Autobiography 4. In this book I tell the story of my years at sea. — Autobiography 5. She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — Biography 6. When I was ten, I decided I would build a boat of my own. — Autobiography
3.1. Friends who were there said Omar was nervous at his first concert. — Biography 2. I failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks. — Autobiography 3. I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar. — Autobiography 4. My first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery. — 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.