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 23 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: I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five., Records show that Lin kept a diary of every bird on the farm., After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted., In this book I tell the story of my years at sea., Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life., People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning.
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2.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: I was nervous on the night of my first concert., I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar., I have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen., The writer's first story, his sister recalled, was scribbled on an old calendar., This book tells the story of the captain's years at sea., She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five.
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3.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life., My first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery., I still remember how cold the river felt the day I learned to swim., My family moved to the city when I was seven., At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own., Letters from the time describe the kitchen where he grew up.
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LessonPrint · RI.4.6 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Biography or Autobiography?
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. After she died, her son wrote about the gardens she had planted. — Biography 2. I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — Autobiography 3. In this book I tell the story of my years at sea. — Autobiography 4. Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life. — 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
2.1. I have never forgotten the smell of my grandmother's kitchen. — Autobiography 2. I was nervous on the night of my first concert. — Autobiography 3. I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar. — Autobiography 4. She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — Biography 5. The writer's first story, his sister recalled, was scribbled on an old calendar. — Biography 6. This book tells the story of the captain's years at sea. — Biography
3.1. At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own. — Biography 2. Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life. — Biography 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. My family moved to the city when I was seven. — Autobiography 6. My first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery. — Autobiography
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.