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