Loaded or Neutral? is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on telling a loaded word from a neutral one, aligned to Common Core standard RI.4.8. 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 10 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.
Loaded or Neutral?
RI.4.8
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Sort each phrase into the right column.
1.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a group of seagulls, a magnificent, breathtaking view, a loud storm, a pointless, silly rule, a tiny, helpless kitten, a dirty river
LoadedNeutral
2.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a shocking, outrageous price, a mouth-watering feast, the volunteers, a high price, a filthy, disgusting river, a new rule
LoadedNeutral
3.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a small room, a terrifying, deafening storm, a crumbling, dangerous old bridge, an old bridge, a cramped, gloomy little room, a large meal
LoadedNeutral
LessonPrint · RI.4.8 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Loaded or Neutral?
Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a dirty river — Neutral 2. a group of seagulls — Neutral 3. a loud storm — Neutral 4. a magnificent, breathtaking view — Loaded 5. a pointless, silly rule — Loaded 6. a tiny, helpless kitten — Loaded
2.1. a filthy, disgusting river — Loaded 2. a high price — Neutral 3. a mouth-watering feast — Loaded 4. a new rule — Neutral 5. a shocking, outrageous price — Loaded 6. the volunteers — Neutral
3.1. a cramped, gloomy little room — Loaded 2. a crumbling, dangerous old bridge — Loaded 3. a large meal — Neutral 4. a small room — Neutral 5. a terrifying, deafening storm — Loaded 6. an old bridge — Neutral
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.