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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 574 · 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 horizontal line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a table top (c) a leaning ladder (d) a falling tree
  2. 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) curved lines (b) zigzag lines (c) diagonal lines (d) vertical lines
  3. 3.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
  4. 4.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) ocean waves (b) stitches on cloth (c) a coiled rope (d) a row of pointy peaks
  5. 5.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  6. 6.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a tall lamp post (c) a leaning ladder (d) a sleeping person
  7. 7.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a laser beam (b) a lightning bolt (c) a wriggling snake (d) a cut-here line
  8. 8.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
  9. 9.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) stitches on cloth (d) a tightly pulled rope
  10. 10.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
  11. 11.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) zigzag lines
  12. 12.📏 Draw a playground slide with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  13. 13.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
  14. 14.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a person standing tall (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a leaning ladder
  15. 15.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a tall lamp post (d) a person standing tall
  17. 17.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a falling tree (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a table top (d) a tall lamp post
  19. 19.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) ocean waves (c) a coiled rope (d) a row of pointy peaks
  20. 20.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: ocean waves looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
  25. 25.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  26. 26.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a lightning bolt (c) dashes on a road (d) ocean waves
  27. 27.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) spiral line
  28. 28.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) wavy line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
  29. 29.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a spiral (c) a zigzag (d) a dotted line
  30. 30.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  33. 33.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  34. 34.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  35. 35.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) diagonal lines (b) horizontal lines (c) curved lines (d) vertical lines
  36. 36.True or false: a flag in the wind looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
  39. 39.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a table top (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a tall lamp post

Answer key

  1. a table top
  2. vertical lines
  3. horizontal lines
  4. a coiled rope
  5. horizontal
  6. a sleeping person
  7. a cut-here line
  8. straight line
  9. a tightly pulled rope
  10. zigzag line
  11. vertical lines
  12. diagonal
  13. horizontal lines
  14. the edge of a calm sea
  15. True
  16. a leaning ladder
  17. True
  18. a falling tree
  19. a row of pointy peaks
  20. True
  21. False
  22. False
  23. False
  24. zigzag line
  25. diagonal
  26. dashes on a road
  27. dotted or broken line
  28. spiral line
  29. a spiral
  30. True
  31. True
  32. vertical
  33. vertical
  34. diagonal
  35. diagonal lines
  36. False
  37. False
  38. straight line
  39. False
  40. a tall lamp post

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