“This Little Piggy Went to Market”
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A children's rhyme that often accompanies a playful pulling at the five toes:
This little piggy went to market.
This little piggy stayed home.
This little piggy had roast beef.
This little piggy had none.
This little piggy cried “Wee! Wee! Wee!” all the way home.
QUIZ
QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!
Were you ready for a quiz on this topic? Well, here it is! See how well you can differentiate between the uses of "was" vs. "were" in this quiz.
Question 1 of 7
“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Words nearby “This Little Piggy Went to Market”
this and that, thisaway, Thisbe, this is where I came in, “This Land Is Your Land”, “This Little Piggy Went to Market”, this'll, this side of, thistle, thistle butterfly, thistledown
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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