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