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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Sort: The family moved to the city when Priya was seven., 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 nervous on the night of my first concert., I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar., Historians agree that her teacher changed the course of her life.
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2.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: She was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five., I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five., I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm., Letters from the time describe the kitchen where he grew up., Records show that Lin kept a diary of every bird on the farm., When I was ten, I decided I would build a boat of my own.
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3.Sort each one: Biography or Autobiography?
Sort: I still remember how cold the river felt the day I learned to swim., 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., Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life., At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own., In this book I tell the story of my years at sea.
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LessonPrint · RI.4.6 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Biography or Autobiography?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 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 failed my first driving test, and I laughed about it for weeks. — Autobiography 4. I was nervous on the night of my first concert. — Autobiography 5. I wrote my first story on the back of an old calendar. — Autobiography 6. The family moved to the city when Priya was seven. — Biography
2.1. I kept a diary of every bird I saw on the farm. — Autobiography 2. I was born in a fishing town, the youngest of five. — Autobiography 3. Letters from the time describe the kitchen where he grew up. — Biography 4. Records show that Lin kept a diary of every bird on the farm. — Biography 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. At the age of ten, Ada decided she would build a boat of her own. — Biography 2. Friends who were there said Omar was nervous at his first concert. — Biography 3. I still remember how cold the river felt the day I learned to swim. — Autobiography 4. In this book I tell the story of my years at sea. — Autobiography 5. Looking back, I think my teacher changed my life. — Autobiography 6. People in the town later said that Tomas swam the river every morning. — Biography
Questions about Biography or Autobiography?
What does the Biography or Autobiography? worksheet cover?
It practices telling a life told by someone else from one told by the person — 3 questions for Grade 4, all on Common Core RI.4.6: Compare an eyewitness account with a second-hand one. The instruction to students is “Sort each one into the right column”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Biography or Autobiography? practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.6 — RI.4.6, under Reading: Informational Text for Grade 4. The published standard reads: “Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Biography or Autobiography? is written for Grade 4, typically ages 9-10. It is one of the sheets on RI.4.6, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Biography or Autobiography? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Biography or Autobiography? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Biography or Autobiography? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Biography or Autobiography?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RI.4.6
Compare an eyewitness account with a second-hand one.