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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 516 · 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.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
  2. 2.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  3. 3.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
  4. 4.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a straight line (c) a wavy line (d) a dotted line
  6. 6.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  7. 7.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a tall lamp post (d) a leaning ladder
  8. 8.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a standing tree trunk (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a leaning ladder
  9. 9.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a leaning ladder (c) a playground slide (d) a table top
  10. 10.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a person standing tall (c) a playground slide (d) a sleeping person
  11. 11.True or false: ocean waves looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a playground slide is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a snail shell (c) ocean waves (d) a laser beam
  14. 14.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
  15. 15.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  17. 17.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a sleeping person (c) a playground slide (d) a person standing tall
  18. 18.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  19. 19.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a sleeping person (c) a falling tree (d) the edge of a calm sea
  20. 20.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
  21. 21.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
  24. 24.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) zigzag lines
  25. 25.True or false: a playground slide is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  27. 27.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag (d) a spiral
  28. 28.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
  29. 29.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  30. 30.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
  31. 31.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) wavy line
  32. 32.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) a flag in the wind (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a row of pointy peaks
  33. 33.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
  34. 34.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
  35. 35.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  36. 36.True or false: ocean waves looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: dashes on a road looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. zigzag line
  2. horizontal
  3. spiral line
  4. True
  5. a wavy line
  6. horizontal
  7. a leaning ladder
  8. the edge of a calm sea
  9. a table top
  10. a sleeping person
  11. True
  12. True
  13. ocean waves
  14. straight line
  15. False
  16. vertical
  17. a playground slide
  18. vertical
  19. a falling tree
  20. wavy line
  21. True
  22. True
  23. horizontal lines
  24. curved lines
  25. False
  26. diagonal
  27. a spiral
  28. spiral line
  29. diagonal
  30. zigzag line
  31. wavy line
  32. a flag in the wind
  33. dotted or broken line
  34. diagonal lines
  35. horizontal
  36. False
  37. True
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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