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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 546 · 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.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
  2. 2.True or false: a playground slide is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a tall lamp post (c) a leaning ladder (d) a table top
  4. 4.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
  5. 5.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
  6. 6.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a snail shell (b) a cut-here line (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a ruler’s edge
  7. 7.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  9. 9.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a tall lamp post (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
  10. 10.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
  11. 11.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) dashes on a road (c) stitches on cloth (d) a cut-here line
  12. 12.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag (c) a straight line (d) a spiral
  14. 14.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a coiled rope (c) a lightning bolt (d) ocean waves
  15. 15.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a cut-here line
  16. 16.True or false: a leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
  18. 18.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a falling tree (c) a person standing tall (d) the edge of a calm sea
  19. 19.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
  20. 20.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a cut-here line (c) ocean waves (d) the teeth of a saw
  21. 21.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  22. 22.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a snail shell (c) the teeth of a saw (d) a wriggling snake
  23. 23.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) zigzag line (b) spiral line (c) straight line (d) dotted or broken line
  24. 24.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) dotted or broken line
  25. 25.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  27. 27.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) horizontal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) diagonal lines
  28. 28.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  29. 29.True or false: ocean waves looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
  31. 31.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a snail shell looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
  34. 34.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) curved lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
  35. 35.True or false: a table top is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a leaning ladder is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
  38. 38.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a sleeping person (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a leaning ladder
  39. 39.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. diagonal
  2. False
  3. a tall lamp post
  4. straight line
  5. zigzag lines
  6. a snail shell
  7. True
  8. diagonal
  9. a sleeping person
  10. spiral line
  11. a row of pointy peaks
  12. False
  13. a spiral
  14. a lightning bolt
  15. a ruler’s edge
  16. False
  17. wavy line
  18. the edge of a calm sea
  19. zigzag lines
  20. the teeth of a saw
  21. vertical
  22. a wriggling snake
  23. straight line
  24. zigzag line
  25. False
  26. horizontal
  27. curved lines
  28. vertical
  29. False
  30. curved lines
  31. True
  32. False
  33. zigzag line
  34. vertical lines
  35. False
  36. False
  37. diagonal lines
  38. a leaning ladder
  39. True
  40. False

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