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 16 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 loud storm, a ridiculous waste of money, a greedy gang of seagulls, a small room, a filthy, disgusting river, the volunteers
LoadedNeutral
2.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a terrifying, deafening storm, a young kitten, a magnificent, breathtaking view, a crumbling, dangerous old bridge, an old bridge, a high price
LoadedNeutral
3.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: the heroic volunteers, a pointless, silly rule, a new rule, a dirty river, a mouth-watering feast, a large meal
LoadedNeutral
LessonPrint · RI.4.8 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Loaded or Neutral?
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a filthy, disgusting river — Loaded 2. a greedy gang of seagulls — Loaded 3. a loud storm — Neutral 4. a ridiculous waste of money — Loaded 5. a small room — Neutral 6. the volunteers — Neutral
2.1. a crumbling, dangerous old bridge — Loaded 2. a high price — Neutral 3. a magnificent, breathtaking view — Loaded 4. a terrifying, deafening storm — Loaded 5. a young kitten — Neutral 6. an old bridge — Neutral
3.1. a dirty river — Neutral 2. a large meal — Neutral 3. a mouth-watering feast — Loaded 4. a new rule — Neutral 5. a pointless, silly rule — Loaded 6. the heroic volunteers — Loaded
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.