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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 630 · 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 leaning ladder is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a sleeping person (b) a playground slide (c) a person standing tall (d) a tall lamp post
  3. 3.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a zigzag line (b) a dotted line (c) a wavy line (d) a straight line
  4. 4.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) ocean waves (b) a wriggling snake (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a snail shell
  5. 5.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a playground slide (b) a standing tree trunk (c) a table top (d) the edge of a calm sea
  6. 6.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  7. 7.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) a tightly pulled rope (d) a coiled rope
  8. 8.True or false: a laser beam looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a playground slide (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a table top
  11. 11.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) spiral line (d) dotted or broken line
  12. 12.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a table top (c) a person standing tall (d) the edge of a calm sea
  13. 13.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) wavy line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
  14. 14.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) vertical lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) horizontal lines
  16. 16.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) spiral line (d) straight line
  17. 17.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  19. 19.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) wavy line (b) zigzag line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
  20. 20.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) zigzag lines
  21. 21.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) spiral line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) zigzag line
  22. 22.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  23. 23.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  24. 24.📏 What kind of line does a wriggling snake look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
  25. 25.📏 Draw a standing tree trunk with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  26. 26.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) wavy line (b) spiral line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
  30. 30.True or false: a coiled rope looks like a wavy line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a tall lamp post (c) a falling tree (d) a sleeping person
  32. 32.True or false: a table top is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a falling tree
  34. 34.True or false: a row of pointy peaks looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) vertical lines (c) curved lines (d) zigzag lines
  37. 37.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: ocean waves looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a straight line (b) a zigzag (c) a spiral (d) a dotted line
  40. 40.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a playground slide
  3. a wavy line
  4. a snail shell
  5. a standing tree trunk
  6. horizontal
  7. a row of pointy peaks
  8. False
  9. True
  10. a table top
  11. dotted or broken line
  12. a leaning ladder
  13. spiral line
  14. False
  15. vertical lines
  16. wavy line
  17. False
  18. vertical
  19. dotted or broken line
  20. diagonal lines
  21. wavy line
  22. diagonal
  23. horizontal
  24. wavy line
  25. vertical
  26. True
  27. True
  28. False
  29. zigzag line
  30. False
  31. a sleeping person
  32. True
  33. a falling tree
  34. True
  35. False
  36. curved lines
  37. False
  38. True
  39. a spiral
  40. False

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