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