VCV Spelling Pattern

ALERT
BECOME
BELOW
BICYCLE
CADET
CYCLE
CYCLIST
CYCLONE
DEFEND
DEPEND
MARINE
OCEAN
PARENT
PERIL
POLICE
RECYCLE
RELATE
RIVAL
SIREN
TODAY

When you are reading words with the VCV pattern, if you divide the word after the first vowel as in ba-con, the vowel is pronounced with the long sound. If you divide a VCV patterned word after the consonant as in pres-ent, the vowel is pronounced with the short vowel sound.

Try to find all 20 words on this board.

N D N E F E D B E L O W I J P
I L Q I P S T N X R T W X S N
E W K K N B U Y E J U W Y X W
O N P A R E N T J P S T W Z N
E V O E K E L C Y C E R Y J M
G D L L R X T R S L F D A W F
K W I I C I U S C S P C D M I
V N C Y T Y L Y E P A P O W O
V E E L C Y C Y C L I S T H D
W T Z I I I W V D A F I N H U
N A F J B E C O M E D R I L S
Q L S E Y V N N C M X E G B W
W E M A R I N E F E W N T F R
U R I V A L M I W G A D U Q A
J T Z A E K K P H K B N H N R
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Answer Key for VCV Spelling Pattern

X
Y
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1# D N E F E D B E L O W # # #
2# # # # # # # N # # # # # # #
3E # # # # # # # E # # # # # #
4# N P A R E N T # P # # # # #
5# # O E # E L C Y C E R Y # #
6# # L L R # # # # L # D A # #
7# # I # C I # # C # # # D # #
8# # C # # Y L Y # # # # O # #
9# E E L C Y C Y C L I S T # #
10# T # # # I # # # A # I # # #
11# A # # B E C O M E D R # # #
12# L # # # # # # C # # E # # #
13# E M A R I N E # E # N T # #
14# R I V A L # # # # A # # # #
15# T # # # # # # # # # N # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  211s
BECOME  511e
BELOW  81e
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  99se
CYCLE  79w
CYCLIST  79e
CYCLONE  79nw
DEFEND  71w
DEPEND  115nw
MARINE  313e
OCEAN  811se
PARENT  34e
PERIL  34se
POLICE  35s
RECYCLE  115w
RELATE  214n
RIVAL  214e
SIREN  129s
TODAY  139n