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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 450 · 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.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
  3. 3.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a playground slide (c) a leaning ladder (d) the edge of a calm sea
  4. 4.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
  5. 5.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  6. 6.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a falling tree (c) a sleeping person (d) a standing tree trunk
  7. 7.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a lightning bolt (c) a coiled rope (d) a tightly pulled rope
  8. 8.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  9. 9.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
  10. 10.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a table top (c) a playground slide (d) a tall lamp post
  11. 11.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
  12. 12.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) curved lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
  13. 13.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  14. 14.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) horizontal lines (b) diagonal lines (c) vertical lines (d) curved lines
  17. 17.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a straight line (c) a dotted line (d) a spiral
  18. 18.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) curved lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) zigzag lines
  19. 19.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a wavy line (c) a zigzag line (d) a straight line
  20. 20.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
  21. 21.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a flag in the wind (b) a snail shell (c) a wriggling snake (d) stitches on cloth
  22. 22.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
  23. 23.True or false: a leaning ladder is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  25. 25.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a snail shell (d) a laser beam
  26. 26.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) dashes on a road (b) stitches on cloth (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a jalebi
  28. 28.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
  29. 29.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) ocean waves (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a lightning bolt (d) a cut-here line
  30. 30.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
  31. 31.True or false: a table top is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  33. 33.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) diagonal lines
  36. 36.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
  37. 37.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
  38. 38.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  39. 39.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a tall lamp post (c) a sleeping person (d) a falling tree

Answer key

  1. False
  2. spiral line
  3. a person standing tall
  4. dotted or broken line
  5. horizontal
  6. a sleeping person
  7. a tightly pulled rope
  8. vertical
  9. diagonal lines
  10. a tall lamp post
  11. spiral line
  12. zigzag lines
  13. diagonal
  14. True
  15. True
  16. curved lines
  17. a spiral
  18. vertical lines
  19. a wavy line
  20. wavy line
  21. a snail shell
  22. wavy line
  23. False
  24. horizontal
  25. a row of pointy peaks
  26. False
  27. the teeth of a saw
  28. diagonal
  29. ocean waves
  30. straight line
  31. False
  32. diagonal
  33. False
  34. False
  35. diagonal lines
  36. dotted or broken line
  37. wavy line
  38. horizontal
  39. True
  40. a falling tree

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