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 20 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: the volunteers, a small room, a tiny, helpless kitten, a cramped, gloomy little room, a high price, a shocking, outrageous price
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2.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a magnificent, breathtaking view, a ridiculous waste of money, a group of seagulls, an old bridge, a pointless, silly rule, a wide view
LoadedNeutral
3.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a filthy, disgusting river, a young kitten, a dirty river, a new rule, a mouth-watering feast, a terrifying, deafening storm
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LessonPrint · RI.4.8 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Loaded or Neutral?
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a cramped, gloomy little room — Loaded 2. a high price — Neutral 3. a shocking, outrageous price — Loaded 4. a small room — Neutral 5. a tiny, helpless kitten — Loaded 6. the volunteers — Neutral
2.1. a group of seagulls — Neutral 2. a magnificent, breathtaking view — Loaded 3. a pointless, silly rule — Loaded 4. a ridiculous waste of money — Loaded 5. a wide view — Neutral 6. an old bridge — Neutral
3.1. a dirty river — Neutral 2. a filthy, disgusting river — Loaded 3. a mouth-watering feast — Loaded 4. a new rule — Neutral 5. a terrifying, deafening storm — Loaded 6. a young kitten — Neutral
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.4.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.