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