Category: Teaching resources

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Betty Botter bought some butter but, she said, the butter’s bitter;
if I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. …
So, she bought a bit of butter better than her bitter butter, and she put it in her batter and the batter was not bitter.
So, ’twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter.

Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
Spread it thick, say it quick!
Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
Spread it thicker, say it quicker!
Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
Don’t eat with your mouth full!