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