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 leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 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.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
- 4.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 5.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 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.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
- 8.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
- 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.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
- 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.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.📏 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.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
- 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.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
- 19.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
- 21.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) curved lines (b) zigzag lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
- 22.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
- 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.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
- 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.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.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.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 29.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
- 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) zigzag lines
- 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.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
- 35.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
- 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.📏 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.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
- 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
- diagonal
- a tall lamp post
- diagonal lines
- horizontal
- diagonal
- a wavy line
- False
- vertical
- a falling tree
- horizontal
- a table top
- a coiled rope
- dotted or broken line
- diagonal
- a lightning bolt
- True
- straight line
- horizontal lines
- True
- vertical lines
- diagonal lines
- vertical
- a tightly pulled rope
- False
- dotted or broken line
- dashes on a road
- a row of pointy peaks
- vertical
- False
- False
- vertical lines
- curved lines
- a standing tree trunk
- horizontal
- zigzag lines
- straight line
- zigzag line
- True
- False
- a ruler’s edge
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