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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 259 · 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.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  2. 2.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) a table top (c) a sleeping person (d) a tall lamp post
  3. 3.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
  4. 4.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  5. 5.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  6. 6.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag line
  7. 7.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  9. 9.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a person standing tall (c) a falling tree (d) a sleeping person
  10. 10.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  11. 11.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a leaning ladder (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a table top
  12. 12.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a coiled rope (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a flag in the wind (d) stitches on cloth
  13. 13.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
  14. 14.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
  15. 15.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a laser beam (b) a snail shell (c) a lightning bolt (d) a tightly pulled rope
  16. 16.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
  18. 18.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
  19. 19.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
  21. 21.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) curved lines (b) zigzag lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
  22. 22.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  23. 23.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) dashes on a road (c) a wriggling snake (d) a row of pointy peaks
  24. 24.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
  26. 26.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) ocean waves (b) a jalebi (c) dashes on a road (d) a ruler’s edge
  27. 27.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a laser beam (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) ocean waves
  28. 28.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  29. 29.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
  32. 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) zigzag lines
  33. 33.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a table top
  34. 34.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  35. 35.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
  36. 36.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
  37. 37.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
  38. 38.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a wriggling snake (c) dashes on a road (d) a ruler’s edge

Answer key

  1. diagonal
  2. a tall lamp post
  3. diagonal lines
  4. horizontal
  5. diagonal
  6. a wavy line
  7. False
  8. vertical
  9. a falling tree
  10. horizontal
  11. a table top
  12. a coiled rope
  13. dotted or broken line
  14. diagonal
  15. a lightning bolt
  16. True
  17. straight line
  18. horizontal lines
  19. True
  20. vertical lines
  21. diagonal lines
  22. vertical
  23. a tightly pulled rope
  24. False
  25. dotted or broken line
  26. dashes on a road
  27. a row of pointy peaks
  28. vertical
  29. False
  30. False
  31. vertical lines
  32. curved lines
  33. a standing tree trunk
  34. horizontal
  35. zigzag lines
  36. straight line
  37. zigzag line
  38. True
  39. False
  40. a ruler’s edge

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