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 14 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 large meal, a dirty river, a high price, a tiny, helpless kitten, a shocking, outrageous price, a ridiculous waste of money
LoadedNeutral
2.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a crumbling, dangerous old bridge, a loud storm, a magnificent, breathtaking view, the volunteers, a pointless, silly rule, an old bridge
LoadedNeutral
3.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a mouth-watering feast, a cramped, gloomy little room, a small room, money that was spent, a greedy gang of seagulls, a young kitten
LoadedNeutral
LessonPrint · RI.4.8 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Loaded or Neutral?
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a dirty river — Neutral 2. a high price — Neutral 3. a large meal — Neutral 4. a ridiculous waste of money — Loaded 5. a shocking, outrageous price — Loaded 6. a tiny, helpless kitten — Loaded
2.1. a crumbling, dangerous old bridge — Loaded 2. a loud storm — Neutral 3. a magnificent, breathtaking view — Loaded 4. a pointless, silly rule — Loaded 5. an old bridge — Neutral 6. the volunteers — Neutral
3.1. a cramped, gloomy little room — Loaded 2. a greedy gang of seagulls — Loaded 3. a mouth-watering feast — Loaded 4. a small room — Neutral 5. a young kitten — Neutral 6. money that was spent — Neutral
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.