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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # L # # # # D # # # # M #
2# # # A # # # N # # # # # A #
3# # # V # # E # # # # # # R #
4# # T I # P # # # # # # # I #
5# # # R E C Y C L E # # # N Y
6# # # D E L # # # # E # # E A
7# # # E # L C # # # M # # # D
8# # # F # # A Y # # O # # # O
9N # # E E # # T C Y C L I S T
10L A # N C # # Y E I E A # I #
11# I E D I # C # # # B # D R #
12# # R C L L # # # # E # # E #
13# # # E O # # # # # L # # N T
14# # # N P A R E N T O # # # #
15# # E # # # # # # # W # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  78nw
BECOME  1111n
BELOW  1111s
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  119se
CYCLE  99nw
CYCLIST  99e
CYCLONE  99sw
DEFEND  46s
DEPEND  55ne
MARINE  141s
OCEAN  513nw
PARENT  514e
PERIL  514nw
POLICE  513n
RECYCLE  55e
RELATE  45se
RIVAL  45n
SIREN  149s
TODAY  159n