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