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