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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 214 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
  2. 2.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
  4. 4.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
  5. 5.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  6. 6.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a falling tree (d) a tall lamp post
  7. 7.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
  12. 12.True or false: a leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a falling tree (d) a table top
  14. 14.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  15. 15.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  16. 16.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
  17. 17.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a laser beam (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a jalebi
  18. 18.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a wriggling snake (c) stitches on cloth (d) a ruler’s edge
  20. 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
  21. 21.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a playground slide (c) a tall lamp post (d) the edge of a calm sea
  22. 22.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a flag in the wind (c) dashes on a road (d) a coiled rope
  23. 23.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  24. 24.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) ocean waves (b) a flag in the wind (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) dashes on a road
  25. 25.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  27. 27.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  28. 28.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📏 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
  30. 30.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a jalebi (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a flag in the wind
  32. 32.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
  33. 33.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a laser beam (c) a flag in the wind (d) dashes on a road
  36. 36.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a wavy line (c) a dotted line (d) a straight line
  37. 37.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a coiled rope (c) a snail shell (d) dashes on a road
  38. 38.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
  40. 40.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical

Answer key

  1. vertical lines
  2. False
  3. wavy line
  4. dotted or broken line
  5. horizontal
  6. a falling tree
  7. True
  8. True
  9. True
  10. False
  11. diagonal lines
  12. False
  13. a table top
  14. diagonal
  15. vertical
  16. wavy line
  17. a laser beam
  18. False
  19. stitches on cloth
  20. diagonal lines
  21. the edge of a calm sea
  22. a coiled rope
  23. vertical
  24. a tightly pulled rope
  25. True
  26. diagonal
  27. horizontal
  28. False
  29. a spiral
  30. False
  31. a flag in the wind
  32. dotted or broken line
  33. False
  34. False
  35. dashes on a road
  36. a wavy line
  37. the teeth of a saw
  38. True
  39. zigzag lines
  40. vertical

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