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 22 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: The writer's first story, his sister recalled, was scribbled on an old calendar., I have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen., His first job was sweeping the floor of his uncle's bakery., This book tells the story of the captain's years at sea., I was nervous on the night of my first concert., When I was ten, I decided I would build a boat of my own.
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2.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: 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., Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life., After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted., Friends who were there said Omar was nervous at his first concert., I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five.
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3.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning., I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar., In this book I tell the story of my years at sea., I still remember how cold the river felt the day I learned to swim., At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own., She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five.
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LessonPrint · RI.4.6 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Biography or Autobiography?
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. His first job was sweeping the floor of his uncle's bakery. — Biography 2. I have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen. — Autobiography 3. I was nervous on the night of my first concert. — 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
2.1. 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. Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life. — Biography 4. I failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks. — Autobiography 5. I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — Autobiography 6. My first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery. — Autobiography
3.1. At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own. — Biography 2. I still remember how cold the river felt the day I learned to swim. — Autobiography 3. I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar. — Autobiography 4. In this book I tell the story of my years at sea. — Autobiography 5. People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning. — Biography 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.