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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # D E F E N D # # # # #
2# # # # N # # # # # # # # # #
3# # # # E # # # # # Y A D O T
4L I R E P # # # # # # # # S #
5E # T R E C Y C L E # # I I #
6# C # E D L # # # # # L # R #
7# E I # D # C # # # C N # E #
8# N # L # A # Y # Y A # # N #
9# I E N O L C Y C E # # # # #
10# R # # # P # # C I # # # # #
11# A # # A E M O C E B E L O W
12# M # R E L A T E # # # # # #
13# # E # # # E # # # # # # # #
14# N R I V A L R # # # # # # #
15T # # # # # # # T # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  511se
BECOME  1111w
BELOW  1111e
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  79nw
CYCLE  99nw
CYCLIST  99ne
CYCLONE  99w
DEFEND  51e
DEPEND  55n
MARINE  212n
OCEAN  811ne
PARENT  610sw
PERIL  54w
POLICE  59nw
RECYCLE  55e
RELATE  412e
RIVAL  314e
SIREN  144s
TODAY  153w