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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 570 · 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 vertical line? (a) a table top (b) a playground slide (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a falling tree
  2. 2.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
  4. 4.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a standing tree trunk (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a sleeping person
  5. 5.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a playground slide (c) a sleeping person (d) a standing tree trunk
  6. 6.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a leaning ladder (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a playground slide
  7. 7.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a leaning ladder (c) a table top (d) a falling tree
  9. 9.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) vertical lines (b) curved lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
  10. 10.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a coiled rope (d) a tightly pulled rope
  11. 11.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) wavy line (d) dotted or broken line
  12. 12.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a leaning ladder is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
  16. 16.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a dotted line (c) a straight line (d) a zigzag line
  17. 17.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  18. 18.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  19. 19.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a table top (d) a tall lamp post
  20. 20.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: ocean waves looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) dashes on a road (c) a lightning bolt (d) ocean waves
  23. 23.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  24. 24.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
  25. 25.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  27. 27.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
  30. 30.True or false: a snail shell looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a laser beam (b) a jalebi (c) ocean waves (d) the teeth of a saw
  32. 32.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) straight line (d) zigzag line
  33. 33.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
  34. 34.True or false: a jalebi looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
  36. 36.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) horizontal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) zigzag lines
  37. 37.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
  39. 39.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
  40. 40.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a standing tree trunk
  2. False
  3. diagonal lines
  4. a falling tree
  5. a sleeping person
  6. the edge of a calm sea
  7. True
  8. a table top
  9. vertical lines
  10. a coiled rope
  11. dotted or broken line
  12. True
  13. False
  14. False
  15. zigzag line
  16. a wavy line
  17. diagonal
  18. vertical
  19. a tall lamp post
  20. True
  21. False
  22. a lightning bolt
  23. vertical
  24. dotted or broken line
  25. True
  26. horizontal
  27. False
  28. True
  29. diagonal lines
  30. False
  31. a jalebi
  32. wavy line
  33. horizontal lines
  34. False
  35. curved lines
  36. curved lines
  37. False
  38. zigzag line
  39. straight line
  40. False

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