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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # T # # # # # # W
2M A R I N E R I V A L # # O #
3N # L I R E P # E # # # L # #
4# A # # L # # C # T N E R A P
5# # E A # # I # # # B # # # #
6# # T C # L # # # I E # # # #
7D E E N O L C Y C Y C L I S T
8# N # P # # # Y # # O # # I O
9# # E # # # C # # # M # # R D
10# # # P # L # # # # E # # E A
11# # # R E C Y C L E # # # N Y
12# # # # A D E F E N D # # # #
13# # # D # # # # # # # # # # #
14# # E # # # # # # # # # # # #
15# T # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  45ne
BECOME  115s
BELOW  115ne
BICYCLE  88sw
CADET  611sw
CYCLE  97sw
CYCLIST  97e
CYCLONE  97w
DEFEND  612e
DEPEND  511nw
MARINE  12e
OCEAN  57nw
PARENT  154w
PERIL  73w
POLICE  57ne
RECYCLE  511e
RELATE  72sw
RIVAL  72e
SIREN  147s
TODAY  157s