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 21 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 terrifying, deafening storm, a magnificent, breathtaking view, a wide view, a group of seagulls, a high price, a ridiculous waste of money
LoadedNeutral
2.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a mouth-watering feast, an old bridge, a greedy gang of seagulls, the volunteers, a dirty river, a pointless, silly rule
LoadedNeutral
3.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a shocking, outrageous price, a filthy, disgusting river, money that was spent, a cramped, gloomy little room, a large meal, a loud storm
LoadedNeutral
LessonPrint · RI.4.8 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Loaded or Neutral?
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a group of seagulls — Neutral 2. a high price — Neutral 3. a magnificent, breathtaking view — Loaded 4. a ridiculous waste of money — Loaded 5. a terrifying, deafening storm — Loaded 6. a wide view — Neutral
2.1. a dirty river — Neutral 2. a greedy gang of seagulls — Loaded 3. a mouth-watering feast — 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 filthy, disgusting river — Loaded 3. a large meal — Neutral 4. a loud storm — Neutral 5. a shocking, outrageous price — Loaded 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.