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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # # # # D # # # #
2# # # # # # # M # # N # # # #
3# # T R E L A # # # E # # # #
4# L A V I R # # # # P E R I L
5# # # # I E L C Y C E R # # #
6# # # N E # # # # L D E # # #
7W # E # M # # # C # E L # # #
8# O # # O # # Y # # F A # # T
9# # L # C # C # # # E T # N N
10# # # E E I Y Y # # N E E A #
11# # # # B # C # C E D R E # #
12# # # # # A L # R L A C # # #
13# # # # D # I I # P O L I C E
14# # # E # # S # # # # N # # #
15# # T # # # T O D A Y # E # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  73w
BECOME  511n
BELOW  511nw
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  711sw
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79s
CYCLONE  79se
DEFEND  116s
DEPEND  115n
MARINE  82sw
OCEAN  1113ne
PARENT  1013ne
PERIL  114e
POLICE  1113e
RECYCLE  115w
RELATE  125s
RIVAL  64w
SIREN  714ne
TODAY  715e