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