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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # L # # # # # # #
2# # # # # # # # A # # # # # #
3T # # # # # # # # V # # # # #
4O S T # D N E F E D I # # # #
5D I I R # E L C Y C E R # # #
6A R # L E # # # E L # P # # #
7Y E # # C L # T C # # N E # #
8T N # # # Y A Y # # A # # N #
9# N # # # L C A D E T # # B D
10E # E # E I Y # C # # # # E #
11N # # R B E C O M E # # # L #
12I # # # A # L # # # # # # O #
13R L I R E P O L I C E # # W #
14A # # # # # N # # # # # # # #
15M # # # # # E # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  78nw
BECOME  511e
BELOW  149s
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  79e
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79nw
CYCLONE  79s
DEFEND  104w
DEPEND  115se
MARINE  115n
OCEAN  811ne
PARENT  613nw
PERIL  613w
POLICE  713e
RECYCLE  115w
RELATE  411ne
RIVAL  125nw
SIREN  24s
TODAY  13s