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