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