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