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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 969 · 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 lines usually make a picture feel “tall and strong”? (a) vertical lines (b) horizontal lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
  2. 2.True or false: a falling tree is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a playground slide (b) a leaning ladder (c) a tall lamp post (d) the edge of a calm sea
  4. 4.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a person standing tall (b) a leaning ladder (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a sleeping person
  5. 5.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  6. 6.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a wriggling snake (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a ruler’s edge (d) a coiled rope
  7. 7.True or false: a jalebi looks like a spiral line. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a tall lamp post is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a tightly pulled rope (b) dashes on a road (c) a lightning bolt (d) a wriggling snake
  10. 10.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  11. 11.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a person standing tall is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a sleeping person (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a leaning ladder
  14. 14.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
  15. 15.📏 What kind of line does stitches on cloth look like? (a) spiral line (b) straight line (c) dotted or broken line (d) zigzag line
  16. 16.📏 A line that goes straight across, like the horizon, is… (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  17. 17.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) dashes on a road (b) a snail shell (c) stitches on cloth (d) a ruler’s edge
  19. 19.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) a tall lamp post (b) a sleeping person (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a playground slide
  20. 20.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a spiral (b) a straight line (c) a zigzag (d) a dotted line
  21. 21.📏 What kind of line does a jalebi look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
  22. 22.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a dotted line (c) a zigzag line (d) a wavy line
  23. 23.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  25. 25.Which of these looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a cut-here line (c) a jalebi (d) a flag in the wind
  26. 26.📏 What kind of line does a flag in the wind look like? (a) zigzag line (b) dotted or broken line (c) wavy line (d) straight line
  27. 27.Which of these looks like a wavy line? (a) a row of pointy peaks (b) stitches on cloth (c) a wriggling snake (d) a coiled rope
  28. 28.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📏 Draw a tall lamp post with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  30. 30.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📏 Draw a person standing tall with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) diagonal (c) horizontal
  33. 33.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) straight line (b) dotted or broken line (c) zigzag line (d) spiral line
  34. 34.True or false: a laser beam looks like a zigzag line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  36. 36.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) zigzag lines (b) horizontal lines (c) vertical lines (d) diagonal lines
  37. 37.Which of these looks like a zigzag line? (a) a cut-here line (b) a wriggling snake (c) a flag in the wind (d) a row of pointy peaks
  38. 38.📏 What kind of line does a lightning bolt look like? (a) straight line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
  39. 39.📏 What kind of line does ocean waves look like? (a) zigzag line (b) straight line (c) spiral line (d) wavy line
  40. 40.True or false: a wriggling snake looks like a dotted or broken line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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