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 19 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 terrifying, deafening storm, a small room, a crumbling, dangerous old bridge, a new rule, a tiny, helpless kitten
LoadedNeutral
2.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a greedy gang of seagulls, a wide view, a young kitten, a ridiculous waste of money, a mouth-watering feast, a dirty river
LoadedNeutral
3.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a cramped, gloomy little room, an old bridge, the heroic volunteers, a high price, money that was spent, a pointless, silly rule
LoadedNeutral
LessonPrint · RI.4.8 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Loaded or Neutral?
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a crumbling, dangerous old bridge — Loaded 2. a large meal — Neutral 3. a new rule — Neutral 4. a small room — Neutral 5. a terrifying, deafening storm — Loaded 6. a tiny, helpless kitten — Loaded
2.1. a dirty river — Neutral 2. a greedy gang of seagulls — Loaded 3. a mouth-watering feast — Loaded 4. a ridiculous waste of money — Loaded 5. a wide view — Neutral 6. a young kitten — Neutral
3.1. a cramped, gloomy little room — Loaded 2. a high price — Neutral 3. a pointless, silly rule — Loaded 4. an old bridge — Neutral 5. money that was spent — Neutral 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.