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 8 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., Letters from the time describe the kitchen where he grew up., I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm., My first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery., At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own., This book tells the story of the captain's years at sea.
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2.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: In this book I tell the story of my years at sea., Friends who were there said Omar was nervous at his first concert., Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life., The family moved to the city when Priya was seven., The writer's first story, his sister recalled, was scribbled on an old calendar., I failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks.
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3.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: Records show that Lin kept a diary of every bird on the farm., I was nervous on the night of my first concert., I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar., My family moved to the city when I was seven., She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five., Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life.
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LessonPrint · RI.4.6 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Biography or Autobiography?
Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own. — Biography 2. I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm. — Autobiography 3. I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — Autobiography 4. Letters from the time describe the kitchen where he grew up. — Biography 5. My first job was sweeping the floor of my uncle's bakery. — Autobiography 6. This book tells the story of the captain's years at sea. — Biography
2.1. 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. 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. 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. Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life. — Biography 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. My family moved to the city when I was seven. — 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
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.