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.

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

X
Y
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1W # Y A D O T N # # # # # # #
2# O N E R I S A L E R T # # #
3# # L # # # I E # # # # # # #
4# # M E # # L C # # # # # # #
5# # # A B E C O M E D # # # #
6L A V I R I Y # # # N E # # #
7# # E # # I C Y C L E T # # #
8# # C # # Y N Y # # F A # # #
9# # I # C # # E C # E L # # #
10# # L L # # # # # L D E # # #
11# # O # # E L C Y C E R # # #
12# N P A R E N T A # P E R I L
13E # # # # # # D # # E # # # #
14# # # # # # E # # # N # # # #
15# # # # # T # # # # D # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  82e
BECOME  55e
BELOW  55nw
BICYCLE  88se
CADET  1011sw
CYCLE  77e
CYCLIST  77n
CYCLONE  77sw
DEFEND  1110n
DEPEND  1111s
MARINE  34se
OCEAN  85n
PARENT  312e
PERIL  1112e
POLICE  311n
RECYCLE  1111w
RELATE  1211n
RIVAL  56w
SIREN  72w
TODAY  71w