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Biographies

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 28mins

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Class
Date

1-15.

Answer the questions below after watching the video

1.

What is a biography?

a)

an imaginary story

b)

persuades the reader to believe something

c)

gives facts about a person's life

2.

Who is the author of a biography?

a)

the subject of the book

b)

another person who has researched the subject

3.

Biographies are written in the __________.

a)

first person (I, me)

b)

second person (you, your)

c)

third person (he, her)

4.

Who is the subject of a biography?

a)

your friend

b)

only people still alive

c)

a famous or important person

5.

What does the prefix "auto" mean?

a)

life

b)

self

c)

before

6.

Who is the author of an autobiography?

a)

the subject of the autobiography

b)

a different person who has researched the subject

7.

What extra information could an autobiography provide?

a)

the facts of the subject's life

b)

the subject's feelings and thoughts

c)

the important things the subject has done in the world

8.

Which is the biography?

a)

the left one (J.K. Rowling)

b)

the right one (Jessica Ennis-Hill)

9.

Which uses third-person point-of-view?

a)

autobiography

b)

biography

10.


Which includes the subject's feelings?

a)

biography

b)

autobiography

11.

What verb tense does a biography usually use?

a)

present tense

b)

past tense

c)

future tense

12.

In what order does a biography describe events?

a)

chronological order (time order)

b)

order of importance

c)

alphabetical order (ABC order)

13.

What does a biography write about? (select 2)

a)

what the subject accomplished in life

b)

important events in the subject's life

c)

imaginary stories about the subject

d)

the author's personal opinions about the subject

14.

What is a person's legacy?

a)

the date they died

b)

how they will be remembered

c)

an interesting statement

15.

Which of these are time adverb phrases? (select 2)

a)

Her brother Joe

b)

Later

c)

In California,

d)

In 1982,

16.

A biography is a story about

a)

A person's life

b)

A time in history

c)

An interesting fact

d)

People working together

17.

These are ALL features of a biography (check all that are true):

a)

Describes the person's life events in date order

b)

Talks about a real person

c)

The point of view is third person

d)

Tells about the person's shoe size

18.

Biographies are written in...

a)

first person

b)

third person

c)

second person

d)

none of the above

19.

Biography is a ______________________.

a)

fiction genre

b)

nonfiction genre

c)

fairy tale genre

d)

science fiction genre

20.

A biography describes the person's characteristics and

a)

favorite food

b)

money

c)

goals

d)

personality

21.

These are ALL features of a biography (check all that are true):

a)

Tells the person's birth

b)

Quotes the person

c)

Tells about the person's personality

d)

Tells about the person's shoe size

22.

Complete with the correct form of the past tense.

She (a)   born in 1952. (be)

23.

Complete with the correct form of the past tense.

They (a)   married in 1972. (get)

24.

Complete with the correct form of the past tense.

He (a)   school when he was 5. (start)

25.

Complete with the correct form of the past tense.

Her family (a)   to Amsterdam. (move)

26.

Which question is written correctly in the past tense?

a)

Where she lived?

b)

Where did she live?

c)

Where does she lived?

27.

Which question is written correctly in the past tense?

a)

When was she born?

b)

When she was borned?

c)

When did she born?

28.

Which question is written correctly in the past tense?

a)

Why he moved?

b)

Why do he moved?

c)

Why did he move?

29.

What is the definition of a noun?

a)

An action

b)

A person, place, or thing

c)

A word that describes

30.

Which noun is a common noun? (select 2)

a)

bank

b)

Jewel

c)

McDonalds

d)

dog

31.

"Cheeseburger" is a common noun. How should we write it?

a)

Cheeseburger

b)

cheeseburger

32.

Which noun is a proper noun?

a)

book

b)

December

c)

Mrs. Watson

d)

school

33.

"Theresa" is a proper noun. How should we write her name?

a)

Theresa

b)

theresa

34.

school

a)

common noun

b)

proper noun

35.

McDonalds

a)

common noun

b)

proper noun

36.

book

a)

common noun

b)

proper noun

37.

Norcross High School

a)

common noun

b)

proper noun

38.

Which kind of noun is capitalized?

a)

common nouns

b)

proper nouns

39.

Today I went to dunkin' donuts to get coffee.


How should "dunkin' donuts" be written?

a)

dunkin' donuts

b)

Dunkin' Donuts

40.

Yesterday I had a pizza with cheese, pepperoni, and onions on it.


How should the word "pizza" be written?

a)

Pizza

b)

pizza