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 7 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 filthy, disgusting river, a wide view, a high price, a tiny, helpless kitten, a group of seagulls, a cramped, gloomy little room
LoadedNeutral
2.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: the heroic volunteers, money that was spent, a shocking, outrageous price, a loud storm, an old bridge, a greedy gang of seagulls
LoadedNeutral
3.Sort each one: Loaded or Neutral?
Sort: a magnificent, breathtaking view, the volunteers, a young kitten, a crumbling, dangerous old bridge, a mouth-watering feast, a new rule
LoadedNeutral
LessonPrint · RI.4.8 · Set 7 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Loaded or Neutral?
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a cramped, gloomy little room — Loaded 2. a filthy, disgusting river — Loaded 3. a group of seagulls — Neutral 4. a high price — Neutral 5. a tiny, helpless kitten — Loaded 6. a wide view — Neutral
2.1. a greedy gang of seagulls — Loaded 2. a loud storm — Neutral 3. a shocking, outrageous price — Loaded 4. an old bridge — Neutral 5. money that was spent — Neutral 6. the heroic volunteers — Loaded
3.1. a crumbling, dangerous old bridge — Loaded 2. a magnificent, breathtaking view — Loaded 3. a mouth-watering feast — Loaded 4. a new rule — Neutral 5. a young kitten — 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.