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English Quiz - Text (Identifying Different Types) 01 (Questions)

Different texts have different jobs. Learn how to spot biographies, news reports, adverts, and instructions by their features, so you can read, compare, and write confidently.

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Fascinating Fact:

Biographies are life stories written by someone else. Autobiographies are written by the person themself.

In KS3 English, you study how different text types work. You compare purpose (inform, persuade, entertain, instruct) and analyse structure, layout, and language to match text to audience and goal.

Key Terms

Text type: A kind of writing, such as biography, news report, advert, or instruction.
Purpose: The writer’s main aim, for example to inform, persuade, entertain, or instruct.
Audience: The people the text is written for; this shapes tone, layout, and language.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How do I identify a biography in KS3 English?

A biography tells a real person’s life story in third person, usually chronologically, with dates, key events, and contextual detail from reliable sources.

What is the difference between a news article and an advert?

A news article aims to inform using facts, quotes, and neutral tone. An advert aims to persuade using slogans, emotive language, images, and clear calls to action.

What features show that a text is giving instructions?

Instruction texts use imperatives (mix, cut), numbered or bulleted steps, time connectives, and precise measurements or equipment lists.

Try These Related Quizzes

1.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
Mr Walter Smith was born in 1901, the eldest son of .......

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Play
[ ]	Poem

2.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
Waiter: Can I help you sir?
Man 1: I'm just looking .......

[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Essay
[ ]	Play
[ ]	Poem

3.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
My father ran a carpentry business, my mother .......

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Letter
[ ]	Play

4.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
Dear Editor .......

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Letter
[ ]	Play

5.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
Mr. Wright / saw a light / in the middle of the night.

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Play
[ ]	Poem

6.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
I always wanted to become a doctor.

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Play
[ ]	Poem

7.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
....... so readers take action now! Yours, Disgruntled of Mull.

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Letter
[ ]	Poem

8.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
Join us later / alligator / take a while / crocodile.

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Letter
[ ]	Poem

9.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
Oliver: Can I have some more?
Teacher: More? No!

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Play
[ ]	Poem

10.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
She began her teaching career in a small school in .......

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Play
[ ]	Poem

English Quiz - Text (Identifying Different Types) 01 (Answers)

1.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
Mr Walter Smith was born in 1901, the eldest son of .......

[ ]	Autobiography
[x]	Biography
[ ]	Play
[ ]	Poem

Biography uses the third person, e.g. "he lived in ......."

2.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
Waiter: Can I help you sir?
Man 1: I'm just looking .......

[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Essay
[x]	Play
[ ]	Poem

A playscript sets out the characters and speeches

3.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
My father ran a carpentry business, my mother .......

[x]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Letter
[ ]	Play

Autobiography uses first person narrator: "I was ......." or "my ....... "

4.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
Dear Editor .......

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[x]	Letter
[ ]	Play

This example sounds like the beginning of a letter to a newspaper editor

5.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
Mr. Wright / saw a light / in the middle of the night.

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Play
[x]	Poem

Not all poems have rhyme, but they are all laid out differently from prose

6.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
I always wanted to become a doctor.

[x]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Play
[ ]	Poem

The "I" narrates autobiography

7.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
....... so readers take action now! Yours, Disgruntled of Mull.

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[x]	Letter
[ ]	Poem

This is the ending of a letter

8.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
Join us later / alligator / take a while / crocodile.

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[ ]	Letter
[x]	Poem

Rhyme is very obvious here

9.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
Oliver: Can I have some more?
Teacher: More? No!

[ ]	Autobiography
[ ]	Biography
[x]	Play
[ ]	Poem

In play scripts the character's name precedes the speech so actors know who should be speaking

10.

Where might you read the following excerpt?
She began her teaching career in a small school in .......

[ ]	Autobiography
[x]	Biography
[ ]	Play
[ ]	Poem

Third person narrator; this is biographical writing