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