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