Looking for Phase 4 phonics worksheets, activities and tricky word resources? Our Phase 4 phonics resources help pupils consolidate earlier learning and become more confident reading and spelling longer words.
This collection includes Phase 4 phonics worksheets, word activities, reading tasks and lesson resources, with targeted practice for adjacent consonants and Phase 4 tricky words.
Phase 4 is a consolidation phase. Unlike Phases 2 and 3, no new graphemes are introduced. Instead, pupils practise applying the graphemes they already know while learning to blend and segment longer words with adjacent consonants.
This includes words with structures such as CCVC (step, clap), CVCC (milk, tent) and CCVCC (stamp, blink). Phase 4 supports reading fluency and spelling accuracy as pupils begin to tackle longer words with confidence.
Our Phase 4 phonics worksheets and activities are designed for structured teaching and regular practise. You’ll find resources to support:
For a simple reading task that encourages careful decoding, try our Phase 4 read and colour activity.
If you’re looking specifically for Phase 4 phonics worksheets, our CVCC words code breaker worksheets provide focused practise with common Phase 4 word structures.
Phase 4 also includes a new set of tricky words that pupils need to recognise automatically. We provide classroom-ready resources to help pupils practise reading tricky words in context and using them accurately within captions and sentences.
For focused practise, use our Phase 4 tricky words read it, make it, write it, use it activity. You can also revisit tricky words across phases using our Phase 2-5 tricky word mats.
If you want a ready-to-teach whole-class input, our Phase 4 lesson presentation on CVCC and CCVC words supports clear modelling and guided practise before pupils move into independent tasks.
Whether you follow the Letters and Sounds approach or another validated SSP programme, these Phase 4 phonics resources are flexible and classroom-ready. Use them for whole-class teaching, small groups and targeted extra support to prepare pupils for Phase 5.
