English Nursery Rhyme

A Bee Sat On My Nose

A Bee Sat On My Nose is a short English nursery rhyme for children and beginner English learners. Read the rhyme, learn useful vocabulary, and discover its funny ending.

Perfect for early reading, ESL vocabulary practice, pronunciation, classroom activities, and learning English through rhyme.

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A bee sitting on a child's nose in the English nursery rhyme A Bee Sat On My Nose

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A Bee Sat on My Nose

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What do you ?

A sat on my .

Then what do you ?

He gave me a .

And said, “I beg your ,”

I thought you were the .”

What happens? A bee sits on a person’s nose. It says sorry because it thought the nose was a garden.

📖 New words
suppose
to think or guess
bee
a flying insect that can make honey
nose
the part of your face used for smelling and breathing
think
to use your mind to understand something
wink
to close one eye for a very short time
pardon
a polite word for sorry
garden
a place where flowers and plants grow
English Vocabulary

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what

Question word

Used to ask about a thing or idea.

do

Verb

Used to talk about an action or to make a question.

you

Pronoun

The person or people someone is speaking to.

suppose

Verb
sup - pose

To think something may be true.

a

Article

Used before one person, animal or thing.

bee

Noun

A small flying insect that visits flowers.

sat

Verb

Past form of sit.

on

Preposition

Touching or resting above something.

my

Possessive

Belonging to me.

nose

Noun

The part of your face used for smelling.

then

Adverb

After that.

think

Verb

To use your mind to form an idea.

he

Pronoun

Used to talk about a male person or animal.

gave

Verb

Past form of give.

me

Pronoun

The person who is speaking.

wink

Noun / Verb

To quickly close and open one eye.

and

Conjunction

Used to join words or ideas.

said

Verb

Past form of say.

I

Pronoun

The person who is speaking.

beg

Verb

To ask for something very strongly or politely.

your

Possessive

Belonging to you.

pardon

Noun
par - don

Forgiveness. “I beg your pardon” means “I am sorry.”

thought

Verb

Past form of think.

were

Verb

A past form of be.

the

Article

Used before a particular person, place or thing.

garden

Noun
gar - den

A place where flowers, plants, fruit or vegetables grow.