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Phase 4b: word endings


Children entering Phase 4b will be able to represent each of 42 phonemes by a grapheme, and be able to blend phonemes to read CCCVCC words and segment CCVCC words for spelling. They will know letter names and be able to read and spell some tricky words. The purpose of this phase is to teach common word endings including suffixes. Some grammatical awareness is also helpful here: just knowing that the regular past tense ending is spelt -ed is not enough – children also need to be aware that the word they are trying to spell is a past tense word. Without this awareness, they may, for example, spell hopped as hopt, played as plaid, grabbed as grabd and started as startid – perfectly accurate phonemically, but not correct. Conversely, once they have understood that the -ed ending can sometimes sound like /t/, they may try to spell soft as soffed, unless they realise that this word is not the past tense of a verb.

The buttons link to the primer font books. For sassoon font versions click here.

Index to Phase 4b PRIMER Worksheets


Index to Phase 4b SASSOON Worksheets


Phase 4b Revisit 1

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for /ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/, /oi/, /oo/, /oo/, /ow/, /ar/, /air/, /ear/, /ur/, /or/, /ure/

Revisit: Blending for reading cvcc (vowel digraphs) words

Blending:  j-oi-n-t, b-oo-s-t, r-oa-s-t, t-oa-s-t, b-ea-s-t, b-ur-n-t

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘A frog jumped out of the scrub.’

Book: Gom Thanks Sid

Phase 4b Revisit 2

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for /ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/, /oi/, /oo/, /oo/, /ow/, /ar/, /air/, /ear/, /ur/, /or/, /ure/

Revisit: Blending for reading cvcc (vowel digraphs) words

Blending:  g-r-ee-n,  f-l-air,  c-l-ear,  s-p-ee-ch,  t-r-ai-l,  t-r-ai-n, c-l-ow-n

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘Come and see my scrap of string.’

Book: A Gift for the Queen

Phase 4b Revisit 3

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /j/, /v/, /w/, x,  /y/, /z/ zz, qu, /sh/, /ch/,/th/, /ng/

Revisit: Blending for reading cvcc (vowel digraphs) words

Blending:   s-t-r-a-p, s-c-r-a-p, s-p-r-i-ng, s-t-r-i-ng, s-t-r-ee-t

Apply: Read/write the sentence 'Shift the chest on the shelf.’

Book: The Red Jam Room

Phase 4b Revisit 4

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  sh/, /ch/,/th/, /ng/, /ar/, /air/, /ear/, /ur/, /or/, /ure/

Revisit: Blending for reading cvcc (vowel digraphs) wordscvcc (vowel digraphs) words

Blending:  g-r-ee-n,  f-l-air,  c-l-ear,  s-p-ee-ch,  t-r-ai-l

Apply: Read/write the sentence 'Clear the green smear off the window.'

Book: Ned Gets Help

Lesson 69: Guidance

1. Read the word ‘bright’.

2. Explain that ‘est’ can be added to some words to mean ‘the most’.

3.  Read the word ‘aim’.

4.  Explain that adding ‘ing’ to words means they are happening ‘right now’.

5.  Explain that adding ‘ed’ to words means they happend in the past.


Word endings

Lesson 69: -ing

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for /v/, /w/, x,  /y/, /z/ zz, qu, /sh/, /ch/,/th/, /ng/

Teach: Adding -est to the end of some words means they are happening now.

Blending:  b-l-o-ck-ing, h-u-n-t-ing, p-oi-n-t-ing, s-t-ar-t-ing  

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘A light started flashing on my printer.’


Book: Having Fun with Card

Lesson 70: -est

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for /ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/, /oi/, /oo/, /oo/, /ow/

Teach: Adding -ing to the end of words means they are the most.

Blending:  b-r-igh-t-e-s-t, f-r-e-sh-e-s-t, s-m-ar-t-e-s-t

Apply: Read/write ‘I lost my smartest hat.’

Book: The Coolest Bear

Lesson 71: Guidance

1. Explain that ‘er’ at the end of words often makes a ‘schwa sound’.

2. The ‘schwa sound’ sounds like a weak ‘uh’.

3. Sound-talk and read the words ‘never’ and ‘finger’

Schwa Sound

Lesson 71: -er

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /ar/, /air/, /ear/, /ur/, /or/, /ure/

Teach: Blending for reading words with the /er/ schwa sound

Blending:  f-ar-m-er, h-a-mm-er, l-e-tt-er, r-o-ck-er, l-a-dd-er

Apply: Read/write ‘I dropped my hammer when I was on the ladder.’

Book: Never Ever

Lesson 72: Guidance

1. Discuss with the children the alternative pronunciations of short ‘oo’ and long ‘oo’.

2. Complete the ‘oo’ alternative pronunciation activity by sorting the words into the correct columns. 3. Alternative spelling activities are found under the ‘Segmentng’ tab.

Alternative pronunciations

Lesson 72: Guidance

1. Explain to the children that -ed at the end of words can sound like ‘d’, ‘t’ or ‘id’.

2. Explain to the children that -ed makes the past tense word (that the events described took place in the past). 

3. Say the sentence ‘Today I jump on the bed’. Ask the children to finish the same sentence starting with Yesterday instead of Today.

Alternative pronunciations -ed

Lesson 72: -ed /d/

Revisit: Say the sound and point to the picture for /d/ 

Teach: That the word ending ed can sound like /d/

Blending:  b-a-ng-ed, b-oi-l-ed*, ai-m-ed, f-ai-l-ed, t-a-nn-ed

Apply: Read/Write: ‘I aimed for the target but failed to hit it.’

Book: T-Rex

Lesson 73: -ed /t/

Revisit: Say the sound and point to the picture for /t/ 

Teach: That the word ending ed can sound like /t/

Blending: s-n-i-ff-ed, c-oo-k-ed*, j-u-m-p-ed

Apply: Read/Write: ‘I jumped up and helped my dad.’


Book: Milk

Lesson 74: -ed /i-d/

Revisit: Say and write the sounds for /i/ and /d/

Teach: That the word ending ed can sound like /i/ /d/

Blending: w-ai-t-e-d, ch-a-tt-e-d*, l-a-n-d-e-d, n-ee-d-e-d

Apply: Read/Write: ‘I needed a fork to get started on my dinner.’

Book: Goblin in the Loft

Lesson 75: Guidance

Revisit: Say the sound of the phoneme being taught e.g. /ch/.

Ask the children to copy you as you repeat the phoneme. e.g. ch... ch... ch... ch...

Teach: Explain that the phoneme /ch/ can also be spelt tch. 

Ask the children to copy you as you read the new grapheme tch (repeat 4 times).

Alternative spelling /ch/ tch

Lesson 75: -tch /ch/

Revisit: Say the sound and point to the picture for /ch/  Read: chop, such

Teach: /ch/ can also be written tch

Blending: c-a-tch, d-i-tch, f-e-tch, m-a-tch

Apply: Read/Write: ‘I fetched the ball from the ditch.’


Book: Chickenpox!

Lesson 76: Guidance

Revisit: Say the sound of the phoneme being taught e.g. /ee/.

Ask the children to copy you as you repeat the phoneme. e.g. ee... ee... ee... ee...

Teach: Explain that the phoneme /ee/ can also be spelt y. 

Ask the children to copy you as you read the new grapheme y (repeat 4 times).



Alternative spelling /ee/ y

Lesson 76: -y /ee/

Revisit: Say the sound and point to the picture for /ee/,  blend  t-r-ee, g-r-ee-n, s-l-ee-p

Teach: /ee/ can also be written y

Blending: v-e-r-y, h-a-pp-y, f-u-nn-y, c-a-rr-y, h-air-y    Tricky word: one

Apply: Read/Write: ‘The baby is very happy.’


Book: Ears

Lesson 77: Guidance

Revisit: Point to the phoneme being taught e.g. /ee/ and say the sound.

Ask the children to copy you as you repeat the phoneme. e.g. ee... ee... ee... ee...

Point to the other known spelling of /ee/ y and repeat the grapheme 4 times.

Teach: Explain that the phoneme /ee/ can also be spelt ey. 

Ask the children to copy you as you read the new grapheme ey (repeat 4 times).


Lesson 77: -ey /ee/

Revisit: Say the sound and point to the picture for /ee/,  blend  t-r-ee, g-r-ee-n, s-l-ee-p

Teach: /ee/ can also be written ey

Blending: t-r-o-ll-ey, k-ey, v-a-ll-ey, d-o-n-k-ey, j-o-ck-ey    Tricky word:  are

Apply: Read/Write: ‘The honey came from the bees in the valley.’


Book: Funfair at Night

Lesson 78: -ve /v/

Revisit: Say the sound and point to the picture for /v/,  blend  v-a-n, v-e-l-v-e-t

Teach: /v/ can also be written ve

Blending:  h-a-ve, l-i-ve, f-or-g-i-ve, m-a-ss-i-ve

Apply: Read/Write: ‘I have a massive gift to give you.’

Book: Marve

Lesson 79: Guidance

Revisit: Point to the phoneme being taught e.g. /l/ and say the sound.

Ask the children to copy you as you repeat the phoneme. e.g. l... l... l... l...

Point to the other known spelling of /l/ ll and repeat the grapheme 4 times.

Teach: Explain that the phoneme /l/ can also be spelt le. 

Ask the children to copy you as you read the new grapheme le (repeat 4 times).

Alternative spelling /l/ le

Lesson 79: -le /l/

Revisit: Say the sound and point to the picture for /l/ - l-a-p, l-e-t

Teach: /l/ can also be written le

Blending: l-i-tt-le,  b-u-bb-le, s-i-n-g-le, p-u-zz-le

Apply: Read/Write: ‘I picked the little apple off the tree.’


Book: Huggles

Phase 4b Revise

Revisit: All phase 4b spellings

Blending: words using Phase 4b spellings

Apply: Read decodable book and complete worksheet


Book: Transporting
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For sassoon font versions of the books click here.

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