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 23 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 magnificent, breathtaking view, a wide view, a crumbling, dangerous old bridge, a new rule, a filthy, disgusting river
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2.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a mouth-watering feast, a tiny, helpless kitten, a high price, an old bridge, a loud storm, a cramped, gloomy little room
LoadedNeutral
3.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a pointless, silly rule, a small room, the volunteers, a shocking, outrageous price, a terrifying, deafening storm, money that was spent
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LessonPrint · RI.4.8 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Loaded or Neutral?
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a crumbling, dangerous old bridge — Loaded 2. a filthy, disgusting river — Loaded 3. a large meal — Neutral 4. a magnificent, breathtaking view — Loaded 5. a new rule — Neutral 6. a wide view — Neutral
2.1. a cramped, gloomy little room — Loaded 2. a high price — Neutral 3. a loud storm — Neutral 4. a mouth-watering feast — Loaded 5. a tiny, helpless kitten — Loaded 6. an old bridge — Neutral
3.1. a pointless, silly rule — Loaded 2. a shocking, outrageous price — Loaded 3. a small room — Neutral 4. a terrifying, deafening storm — 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.