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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 464 · 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 is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a table top (c) a playground slide (d) a standing tree trunk
  2. 2.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a sleeping person is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a falling tree (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
  5. 5.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a laser beam (b) dashes on a road (c) a snail shell (d) ocean waves
  6. 6.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a flag in the wind (c) a jalebi (d) dashes on a road
  7. 7.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
  8. 8.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a coiled rope (c) a snail shell (d) a flag in the wind
  9. 9.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a leaning ladder is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
  12. 12.True or false: a laser beam looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a person standing tall (c) a table top (d) a sleeping person
  14. 14.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  15. 15.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a wriggling snake (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a jalebi
  17. 17.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) dashes on a road (c) a snail shell (d) a cut-here line
  18. 18.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a flag in the wind (c) a wriggling snake (d) a cut-here line
  19. 19.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a jalebi (c) a ruler’s edge (d) the teeth of a saw
  20. 20.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  21. 21.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  22. 22.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) dashes on a road (c) a coiled rope (d) a ruler’s edge
  23. 23.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) curved lines (b) zigzag lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
  25. 25.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
  26. 26.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
  27. 27.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a leaning ladder (c) a tall lamp post (d) the edge of a calm sea
  28. 28.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a snail shell (c) a laser beam (d) a tightly pulled rope
  29. 29.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  31. 31.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a zigzag (b) a straight line (c) a spiral (d) a dotted line
  32. 32.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
  33. 33.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.✏️ 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
  35. 35.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
  36. 36.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a sleeping person (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a table top
  37. 37.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
  38. 38.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a table top
  2. True
  3. False
  4. a sleeping person
  5. a laser beam
  6. a ruler’s edge
  7. straight line
  8. a row of pointy peaks
  9. False
  10. False
  11. spiral line
  12. False
  13. a playground slide
  14. vertical
  15. True
  16. a wriggling snake
  17. a snail shell
  18. a cut-here line
  19. a jalebi
  20. horizontal
  21. vertical
  22. a coiled rope
  23. False
  24. curved lines
  25. dotted or broken line
  26. straight line
  27. a tall lamp post
  28. dashes on a road
  29. False
  30. horizontal
  31. a spiral
  32. zigzag line
  33. True
  34. a wavy line
  35. diagonal lines
  36. a leaning ladder
  37. wavy line
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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