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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # D # T # # D # # P # #
2# # # # N R # # N # # # A # #
3# # E # E # # E T # # # R # #
4# # T L P # F # S O # # E # #
5N # A # E E # # I I D # N # #
6# A L # D L # # L # R A T # #
7# # E # # # C # C # # E Y # W
8# # R C P # # Y Y A # # N O M
9# R E N O L C Y C # D # L # A
10# I C # L # # # # I # E # # R
11# V Y # I E M O C E B # T # I
12# A C # C # # # L I R E P # N
13# L L # E # # # # # # # # # E
14# # E # # # # # # # # # # # #
15# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  35ne
BECOME  1111w
BELOW  1111ne
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  97se
CYCLE  99nw
CYCLIST  99n
CYCLONE  99w
DEFEND  56ne
DEPEND  55n
MARINE  158s
OCEAN  59nw
PARENT  131s
PERIL  1312w
POLICE  59s
RECYCLE  39s
RELATE  38n
RIVAL  29s
SIREN  94se
TODAY  93se