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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # D # # # # D # # B # # #
2# # # N E # # N # # # E # # #
3# # # E # T E # # # # L # # #
4# # # F R P A # # # # O # # #
5# M # E E I E L E # # W N # #
6# A # D C L V R E C # # A # #
7# R # # Y # C A I R I # E # #
8# I # # C # # Y L L T L C # #
9# N # # L # # # C Y C L O N E
10# E # # E # # # Y I # # # P #
11# # # # # E M O C E B # # A #
12# # # # # # # A L # # # # R #
13# # # # # # D # I # # # # E #
14# # # # # E # # S I R E N N #
15# # # # T # # # T O D A Y T #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  74se
BECOME  1111w
BELOW  121s
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  911sw
CYCLE  99nw
CYCLIST  99s
CYCLONE  99e
DEFEND  46n
DEPEND  55ne
MARINE  25s
OCEAN  139n
PARENT  1410s
PERIL  64se
POLICE  139nw
RECYCLE  55s
RELATE  107nw
RIVAL  54se
SIREN  914e
TODAY  915e