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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 940 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a sleeping person (c) a falling tree (d) a person standing tall
  2. 2.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “flowing and graceful”? (a) diagonal lines (b) zigzag lines (c) horizontal lines (d) curved lines
  3. 3.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “proud and steady”? (a) horizontal lines (b) curved lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
  4. 4.True or false: the edge of a calm sea is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📏 What kind of line does a ruler’s edge look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
  6. 6.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) the teeth of a saw (c) dashes on a road (d) a jalebi
  7. 7.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a dotted line (b) a wavy line (c) a zigzag line (d) a straight line
  8. 8.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a leaning ladder (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a sleeping person
  9. 9.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) a flag in the wind (c) a lightning bolt (d) a ruler’s edge
  10. 10.📏 What kind of line does the teeth of a saw look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) straight line
  11. 11.📏 Draw a leaning ladder with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  12. 12.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) a snail shell (b) a ruler’s edge (c) a cut-here line (d) a flag in the wind
  13. 13.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) wavy line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
  14. 14.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “sharp and dangerous”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines
  15. 15.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a jalebi (b) a lightning bolt (c) dashes on a road (d) the teeth of a saw
  16. 16.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  17. 17.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a straight line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a laser beam looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) the teeth of a saw (b) a cut-here line (c) a lightning bolt (d) a snail shell
  21. 21.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  22. 22.📏 What kind of line does a cut-here line look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
  23. 23.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a table top (b) a leaning ladder (c) a tall lamp post (d) a person standing tall
  24. 24.True or false: a ruler’s edge looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  26. 26.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) zigzag line
  27. 27.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  28. 28.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) a table top (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a sleeping person
  29. 29.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  30. 30.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a tall lamp post (d) a leaning ladder
  31. 31.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a spiral (c) a zigzag (d) a straight line
  32. 32.True or false: a laser beam looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a sleeping person is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) the teeth of a saw (c) dashes on a road (d) a snail shell
  35. 35.True or false: a snail shell looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a lightning bolt (c) a wriggling snake (d) a cut-here line
  37. 37.True or false: a cut-here line looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📏 What kind of line does dashes on a road look like? (a) spiral line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
  39. 39.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) stitches on cloth (b) a row of pointy peaks (c) dashes on a road (d) a wriggling snake
  40. 40.📏 What kind of line does a coiled rope look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) straight line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line

Answer key

  1. a person standing tall
  2. curved lines
  3. vertical lines
  4. False
  5. straight line
  6. a jalebi
  7. a wavy line
  8. a sleeping person
  9. a lightning bolt
  10. zigzag line
  11. diagonal
  12. a snail shell
  13. spiral line
  14. zigzag lines
  15. dashes on a road
  16. horizontal
  17. True
  18. False
  19. True
  20. a cut-here line
  21. vertical
  22. dotted or broken line
  23. a table top
  24. False
  25. diagonal
  26. spiral line
  27. vertical
  28. a leaning ladder
  29. vertical
  30. the edge of a calm sea
  31. a spiral
  32. False
  33. True
  34. the teeth of a saw
  35. True
  36. a wriggling snake
  37. False
  38. dotted or broken line
  39. a row of pointy peaks
  40. spiral line

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