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