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