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.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 2.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 3.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a leaning ladder (c) a falling tree (d) a tall lamp post
- 4.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
- 5.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a tall lamp post (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a standing tree trunk
- 6.True or false: a leaning ladder is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 7.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 8.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a snail shell (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a lightning bolt
- 9.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 10.True or false: ocean waves looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a playground slide (c) a table top (d) a person standing tall
- 12.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
- 13.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a snail shell (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a row of pointy peaks
- 15.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) curved lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
- 16.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines
- 17.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a playground slide (c) a person standing tall (d) a tall lamp post
- 18.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
- 19.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
- 20.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a sleeping person (c) a person standing tall (d) a leaning ladder
- 21.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
- 22.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 23.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 24.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 25.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 26.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 28.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 29.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
- 30.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 31.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a zigzag (c) a dotted line (d) a straight line
- 32.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a ruler’s edge (c) stitches on cloth (d) a wriggling snake
- 33.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 35.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
- 36.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
- 37.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a zigzag line (c) a straight line (d) a dotted line
- 38.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines
- 39.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
- 40.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
Answer key
- vertical
- diagonal
- a tall lamp post
- diagonal lines
- the edge of a calm sea
- False
- vertical
- a snail shell
- diagonal
- False
- a table top
- straight line
- True
- a cut-here line
- horizontal lines
- curved lines
- a playground slide
- vertical lines
- horizontal
- a person standing tall
- spiral line
- vertical
- diagonal
- horizontal
- diagonal
- True
- False
- wavy line
- wavy line
- True
- a spiral
- a lightning bolt
- True
- False
- zigzag line
- True
- a wavy line
- zigzag lines
- True
- zigzag line
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