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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 317 · 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 “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
  2. 2.True or false: a jalebi looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
  4. 4.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
  5. 5.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a jalebi (b) a lightning bolt (c) a wriggling snake (d) a snail shell
  6. 6.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
  7. 7.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  8. 8.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a straight line (c) a spiral (d) a zigzag
  9. 9.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a table top (b) a tall lamp post (c) a leaning ladder (d) a playground slide
  10. 10.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
  11. 11.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
  12. 12.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  15. 15.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a leaning ladder (c) a person standing tall (d) the edge of a calm sea
  17. 17.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) stitches on cloth (c) a coiled rope (d) a wriggling snake
  18. 18.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a leaning ladder (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a falling tree
  19. 19.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a coiled rope (c) ocean waves (d) a ruler’s edge
  20. 20.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  21. 21.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
  22. 22.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  23. 23.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
  26. 26.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a snail shell (d) a ruler’s edge
  28. 28.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
  29. 29.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a person standing tall (c) a tall lamp post (d) the edge of a calm sea
  30. 30.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) zigzag lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
  33. 33.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) stitches on cloth (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a flag in the wind
  34. 34.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a laser beam (b) ocean waves (c) a cut-here line (d) a row of pointy peaks
  35. 35.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a table top (c) a falling tree (d) the edge of a calm sea
  36. 36.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
  37. 37.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) diagonal lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
  40. 40.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line

Answer key

  1. zigzag lines
  2. False
  3. vertical lines
  4. zigzag lines
  5. a wriggling snake
  6. dotted or broken line
  7. diagonal
  8. a spiral
  9. a table top
  10. diagonal lines
  11. wavy line
  12. False
  13. True
  14. vertical
  15. True
  16. a leaning ladder
  17. a lightning bolt
  18. a tall lamp post
  19. ocean waves
  20. horizontal
  21. spiral line
  22. vertical
  23. True
  24. True
  25. dotted or broken line
  26. False
  27. a snail shell
  28. wavy line
  29. the edge of a calm sea
  30. False
  31. True
  32. diagonal lines
  33. a flag in the wind
  34. a row of pointy peaks
  35. a falling tree
  36. horizontal lines
  37. False
  38. False
  39. vertical lines
  40. spiral line

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