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