Types of Lines Worksheet
Artist's tip (Trace it in the air): Zigzag = sharp points, wavy = smooth bumps, spiral = winds round, dotted = gaps, straight = no bends. Horizontal = lying flat, vertical = standing up, diagonal = slanting. Feelings: horizontal calm, vertical strong, diagonal moving, zigzag excited, curved gentle.
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- 1.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 2.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
- 3.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 4.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a tall lamp post (c) a leaning ladder (d) a person standing tall
- 5.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a sleeping person (d) a falling tree
- 6.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 7.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) curved lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
- 8.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a leaning ladder (c) a person standing tall (d) a playground slide
- 9.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 10.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a laser beam (b) a wriggling snake (c) a cut-here line (d) a jalebi
- 11.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a leaning ladder (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
- 13.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 14.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
- 15.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 16.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 17.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 18.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 19.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
- 20.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a lightning bolt (c) a wriggling snake (d) a ruler’s edge
- 21.True or false: a tall lamp post is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 22.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
- 23.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a laser beam
- 24.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a cut-here line (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a coiled rope (d) dashes on a road
- 25.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) dashes on a road (b) ocean waves (c) a coiled rope (d) a lightning bolt
- 26.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 27.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
- 28.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
- 29.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 33.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
- 34.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a leaning ladder (c) a tall lamp post (d) a sleeping person
- 35.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
- 36.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
- 37.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag
- 38.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
Answer key
- horizontal lines
- zigzag line
- diagonal
- the edge of a calm sea
- a falling tree
- vertical
- diagonal lines
- a person standing tall
- diagonal
- a cut-here line
- True
- a sleeping person
- horizontal
- vertical lines
- spiral line
- diagonal
- False
- horizontal
- dotted or broken line
- a wriggling snake
- False
- wavy line
- a row of pointy peaks
- the teeth of a saw
- a lightning bolt
- horizontal
- dotted or broken line
- spiral line
- True
- True
- True
- True
- wavy line
- a leaning ladder
- zigzag lines
- zigzag line
- a spiral
- False
- True
- curved lines
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