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