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 18 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 large meal, a magnificent, breathtaking view, a new rule, a crumbling, dangerous old bridge, a greedy gang of seagulls
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2.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: the heroic volunteers, a young kitten, a cramped, gloomy little room, a wide view, a dirty river, a mouth-watering feast
LoadedNeutral
3.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: the volunteers, a pointless, silly rule, a shocking, outrageous price, a filthy, disgusting river, a high price, money that was spent
LoadedNeutral
LessonPrint · RI.4.8 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Loaded or Neutral?
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a crumbling, dangerous old bridge — Loaded 2. a greedy gang of seagulls — Loaded 3. a large meal — Neutral 4. a loud storm — Neutral 5. a magnificent, breathtaking view — Loaded 6. a new rule — Neutral
2.1. a cramped, gloomy little room — Loaded 2. a dirty river — Neutral 3. a mouth-watering feast — Loaded 4. a wide view — Neutral 5. a young kitten — Neutral 6. the heroic volunteers — Loaded
3.1. a filthy, disgusting river — Loaded 2. a high price — Neutral 3. a pointless, silly rule — Loaded 4. a shocking, outrageous price — Loaded 5. money that was spent — Neutral 6. the volunteers — Neutral
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.