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