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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 383 · 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 looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a laser beam (b) a flag in the wind (c) a cut-here line (d) the teeth of a saw
  2. 2.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a person standing tall (c) a falling tree (d) a standing tree trunk
  3. 3.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a jalebi (b) a wriggling snake (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a ruler’s edge
  5. 5.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a table top (c) a leaning ladder (d) a falling tree
  6. 6.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
  7. 7.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
  9. 9.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  10. 10.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag line (c) a straight line (d) a wavy line
  11. 11.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
  12. 12.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  13. 13.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
  16. 16.True or false: ocean waves looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag (c) a spiral (d) a straight line
  18. 18.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) ocean waves (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a jalebi (d) a lightning bolt
  19. 19.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) dashes on a road (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a snail shell
  21. 21.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  22. 22.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) horizontal lines
  23. 23.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
  24. 24.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a sleeping person (d) a person standing tall
  27. 27.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) curved lines
  28. 28.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  29. 29.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a jalebi (c) the teeth of a saw (d) ocean waves
  31. 31.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
  32. 32.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
  33. 33.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  34. 34.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
  36. 36.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a person standing tall (c) a playground slide (d) a table top
  37. 37.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
  39. 39.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a jalebi (c) a ruler’s edge (d) the teeth of a saw
  40. 40.True or false: a snail shell looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a cut-here line
  2. a falling tree
  3. False
  4. a wriggling snake
  5. a person standing tall
  6. diagonal
  7. True
  8. wavy line
  9. diagonal
  10. a wavy line
  11. zigzag lines
  12. horizontal
  13. False
  14. False
  15. diagonal
  16. False
  17. a spiral
  18. a jalebi
  19. True
  20. a tightly pulled rope
  21. vertical
  22. zigzag lines
  23. diagonal lines
  24. False
  25. True
  26. a leaning ladder
  27. diagonal lines
  28. vertical
  29. False
  30. ocean waves
  31. straight line
  32. horizontal lines
  33. diagonal
  34. True
  35. zigzag line
  36. a playground slide
  37. True
  38. straight line
  39. the teeth of a saw
  40. False

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