In Phase 4, no new graphemes are introduced. The main aim of this phase is to consolidate the children’s knowledge and to help them learn to read words which have adjacent consonants, such as trap, string and milk.

During Phase 4, the following tricky words (which can’t yet be decoded) are introduced:

• said
• have
• like
• so
• do
• some
• come
• were
• there
• little
• one
• when
• out
• what