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