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Types of Lines Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 10: Types of lines · Set 973 · 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 looks like a dotted or broken line? (a) a coiled rope (b) a tightly pulled rope (c) a cut-here line (d) a laser beam
  2. 2.True or false: a falling tree is a horizontal line. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a tall lamp post is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📏 Draw a falling tree with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) vertical (b) horizontal (c) diagonal
  5. 5.True or false: a falling tree is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📏 A slanting line, like a slide, is… (a) horizontal (b) diagonal (c) vertical
  7. 7.True or false: a table top is a vertical line. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a leaning ladder (b) the edge of a calm sea (c) a standing tree trunk (d) a table top
  9. 9.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a table top (c) a person standing tall (d) a falling tree
  10. 10.📏 What kind of line does a row of pointy peaks look like? (a) zigzag line (b) wavy line (c) dotted or broken line (d) spiral line
  11. 11.True or false: ocean waves looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “excited or nervous”? (a) curved lines (b) diagonal lines (c) zigzag lines (d) vertical lines
  13. 13.True or false: a person standing tall is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a ruler’s edge (b) a lightning bolt (c) dashes on a road (d) a cut-here line
  15. 15.📏 Draw a sleeping person with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
  16. 16.📏 Draw a table top with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) diagonal
  17. 17.📏 A line that goes straight up and down, like a flagpole, is… (a) diagonal (b) horizontal (c) vertical
  18. 18.True or false: a jalebi looks like a wavy line. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📏 What kind of line does a laser beam look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) zigzag line (c) straight line (d) wavy line
  20. 20.Which of these is a diagonal line? (a) a table top (b) a playground slide (c) the edge of a calm sea (d) a sleeping person
  21. 21.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) ocean waves (b) a jalebi (c) a flag in the wind (d) a cut-here line
  22. 22.True or false: a person standing tall is a vertical line. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a vertical line? (a) a standing tree trunk (b) a falling tree (c) a playground slide (d) a leaning ladder
  24. 24.📏 What kind of line does a tightly pulled rope look like? (a) straight line (b) zigzag line (c) wavy line (d) spiral line
  25. 25.True or false: a jalebi looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a horizontal line? (a) the edge of a calm sea (b) a playground slide (c) a falling tree (d) a tall lamp post
  27. 27.Which of these looks like a straight line? (a) a coiled rope (b) the teeth of a saw (c) a lightning bolt (d) a tightly pulled rope
  28. 28.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “moving fast”? (a) zigzag lines (b) vertical lines (c) diagonal lines (d) curved lines
  29. 29.True or false: stitches on cloth looks like a straight line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a leaning ladder is a diagonal line. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📏 What kind of line does a snail shell look like? (a) dotted or broken line (b) spiral line (c) zigzag line (d) wavy line
  32. 32.True or false: a tall lamp post is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📏 Which line keeps turning around a centre point as it grows? (a) a dotted line (b) a zigzag (c) a spiral (d) a straight line
  34. 34.True or false: the teeth of a saw looks like a zigzag line. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.✏️ To show water in a river, which line works best? (a) a straight line (b) a zigzag line (c) a dotted line (d) a wavy line
  36. 36.📏 Draw the edge of a calm sea with one line. Is the line horizontal, vertical or diagonal? (a) diagonal (b) vertical (c) horizontal
  37. 37.Which of these looks like a spiral line? (a) ocean waves (b) a cut-here line (c) a row of pointy peaks (d) a coiled rope
  38. 38.True or false: a standing tree trunk is a diagonal line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a person standing tall is a horizontal line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎭 Which lines usually make a picture feel “calm and resting”? (a) zigzag lines (b) diagonal lines (c) curved lines (d) horizontal lines

Answer key

  1. a cut-here line
  2. False
  3. True
  4. diagonal
  5. False
  6. diagonal
  7. False
  8. a leaning ladder
  9. a falling tree
  10. zigzag line
  11. False
  12. zigzag lines
  13. False
  14. a ruler’s edge
  15. horizontal
  16. horizontal
  17. vertical
  18. False
  19. straight line
  20. a playground slide
  21. a jalebi
  22. True
  23. a standing tree trunk
  24. straight line
  25. False
  26. the edge of a calm sea
  27. a tightly pulled rope
  28. diagonal lines
  29. False
  30. True
  31. spiral line
  32. False
  33. a spiral
  34. True
  35. a wavy line
  36. horizontal
  37. a coiled rope
  38. False
  39. False
  40. horizontal lines

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