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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 617 · 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.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) horizontal lines (d) vertical lines
  3. 3.📏 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
  4. 4.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a lightning bolt (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a wriggling snake (d) stitches on cloth
  6. 6.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a cut-here line (b) dashes on a road (c) a coiled rope (d) a row of pointy peaks
  7. 7.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a sleeping person (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a falling tree
  8. 8.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a snail shell (b) a cut-here line (c) ocean waves (d) a row of pointy peaks
  9. 9.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
  10. 10.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
  11. 11.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  13. 13.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “still and peaceful”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
  14. 14.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a table top is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  17. 17.True or false: a tightly pulled rope looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a playground slide (c) a person standing tall (d) a tall lamp post
  20. 20.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  21. 21.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “soft and gentle”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
  23. 23.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) ocean waves (b) a jalebi (c) stitches on cloth (d) a cut-here line
  24. 24.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  25. 25.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “falling or sliding”? (a) zigzag lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
  27. 27.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a tall lamp post is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a falling tree is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
  31. 31.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
  32. 32.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a leaning ladder (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a person standing tall
  34. 34.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a laser beam looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a lightning bolt looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a wavy line (b) a straight line (c) a dotted line (d) a zigzag line
  38. 38.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) spiral line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) straight line
  39. 39.True or false: a sleeping person is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a laser beam looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. zigzag lines
  3. a spiral
  4. False
  5. stitches on cloth
  6. a row of pointy peaks
  7. a person standing tall
  8. a snail shell
  9. spiral line
  10. diagonal
  11. True
  12. diagonal
  13. horizontal lines
  14. True
  15. False
  16. horizontal
  17. False
  18. True
  19. a sleeping person
  20. vertical
  21. False
  22. curved lines
  23. ocean waves
  24. horizontal
  25. False
  26. diagonal lines
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. zigzag line
  31. straight line
  32. True
  33. the edge of a calm sea
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. a wavy line
  38. straight line
  39. False
  40. True

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