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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 314 · 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 of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a playground slide (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a table top
  2. 2.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a tall lamp post (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a falling tree
  3. 3.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  4. 4.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a lightning bolt (c) ocean waves (d) a ruler’s edge
  6. 6.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  7. 7.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a falling tree (c) a person standing tall (d) the edge of a calm sea
  8. 8.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  9. 9.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
  10. 10.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a snail shell (b) stitches on cloth (c) ocean waves (d) a laser beam
  11. 11.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) vertical lines (d) horizontal lines
  14. 14.True or false: a tall lamp post is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  17. 17.📏 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
  18. 18.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  19. 19.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) stitches on cloth (c) a snail shell (d) a ruler’s edge
  21. 21.True or false: a table top is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
  23. 23.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
  24. 24.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
  27. 27.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
  28. 28.True or false: ocean waves looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
  30. 30.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
  32. 32.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
  33. 33.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  34. 34.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
  35. 35.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a falling tree (c) a tall lamp post (d) a leaning ladder
  36. 36.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a sleeping person (c) a leaning ladder (d) a falling tree
  38. 38.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a table top
  2. a falling tree
  3. diagonal
  4. True
  5. a ruler’s edge
  6. vertical
  7. the edge of a calm sea
  8. diagonal
  9. curved lines
  10. a laser beam
  11. False
  12. False
  13. diagonal lines
  14. False
  15. True
  16. vertical
  17. a spiral
  18. horizontal
  19. True
  20. a lightning bolt
  21. False
  22. vertical lines
  23. straight line
  24. True
  25. False
  26. spiral line
  27. zigzag line
  28. True
  29. dotted or broken line
  30. False
  31. horizontal lines
  32. vertical
  33. horizontal
  34. zigzag line
  35. a sleeping person
  36. False
  37. a tall lamp post
  38. True
  39. True
  40. False

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