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