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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # # D # # # # # #
2# # # # # # # N # # # # # # #
3# # # # # # E # # # # # # # #
4# L I R E P R E L A T E # # #
5# # # R E C Y C L E Y # # # #
6# # # D # L # # # # E A # # #
7# # T E D A C # # # M # D # #
8# # # F T # # Y T # O # # O #
9N # # E R # # N C Y C L I S T
10# A # N E # E Y M I E # # I #
11# # E D L R C # # A B # # R #
12# # # C A L L A V I R E # E #
13# # # P O L I C E # # I L N #
14# # # N # # # # # # # # N O #
15# # E # # # # # # # # # # E W
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  512n
BECOME  1111n
BELOW  1111se
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  77w
CYCLE  99nw
CYCLIST  99e
CYCLONE  99sw
DEFEND  46s
DEPEND  55ne
MARINE  910se
OCEAN  513nw
PARENT  413ne
PERIL  64w
POLICE  513e
RECYCLE  55e
RELATE  74e
RIVAL  1112w
SIREN  149s
TODAY  159nw