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Parallel and perpendicular lines.

Use parallel and perpendicular vocabulary to describe lines.

Numihana · England Year 3

Parallel and perpendicular lines

Practice sheet

Name: ______________
Date: ______________

Use parallel and perpendicular vocabulary to describe lines.

1

Classify two horizontal lines: parallel, perpendicular or neither.

Answer: parallel / perpendicular / neither
2

Classify two lines crossing at less than a right angle: parallel, perpendicular or neither.

Answer: parallel / perpendicular / neither
3

Classify two horizontal lines: parallel, perpendicular or neither.

Answer: parallel / perpendicular / neither
4

Classify two lines crossing at less than a right angle: parallel, perpendicular or neither.

Answer: parallel / perpendicular / neither
5

Classify two lines crossing at less than a right angle: parallel, perpendicular or neither.

Answer: parallel / perpendicular / neither
6

Classify two horizontal lines: parallel, perpendicular or neither.

Answer: parallel / perpendicular / neither
Numihana · England Year 3 · Parallel and perpendicular lines
Numihana · England Year 3

Parallel and perpendicular lines

Answer key

Name: ______________
Date: ______________

Use parallel and perpendicular vocabulary to describe lines.

1

Classify two horizontal lines: parallel, perpendicular or neither.

Answer: parallel
2

Classify two lines crossing at less than a right angle: parallel, perpendicular or neither.

Answer: neither
3

Classify two horizontal lines: parallel, perpendicular or neither.

Answer: parallel
4

Classify two lines crossing at less than a right angle: parallel, perpendicular or neither.

Answer: neither
5

Classify two lines crossing at less than a right angle: parallel, perpendicular or neither.

Answer: neither
6

Classify two horizontal lines: parallel, perpendicular or neither.

Answer: parallel
Numihana · England Year 3 · Parallel and perpendicular lines

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Use parallel and perpendicular vocabulary to describe lines.

Department for Education: mathematics programmes of study ↗

Year 3 → Geometry → Properties of shapes · Selected statutory skill. Pack 2.2.0 · source checked 2026-10-12.

For teachers and parents

Parallel lines stay the same distance apart and do not meet when extended. Perpendicular lines meet at a right angle. Other crossing lines are neither.

A common slip

Not every crossing makes a right angle.

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Worked example

Classify two lines crossing at less than a right angle: parallel, perpendicular or neither.

Answer: neither

Parallel lines stay the same distance apart and do not meet when extended. Perpendicular lines meet at a right angle. Other crossing lines are neither.