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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # # # # W # # # #
2# # # # # # # E # # O # # # #
3N # # # # # L # E # L # # # #
4# A # # # C # C # # E # # # #
5# # E # Y # I # # # B # T # Y
6# # # C # L # # # I # E # A #
7# E E N O L C Y C # D # D # #
8# R M P # # # Y Y A # O # # L
9# E A O # # C # C # T # # A #
10# L R D C L # # L # N # V # #
11# A I E E E # # I # E I # # #
12# T N F # P B # S I R E N # #
13# E E E # # E # T # A L E R T
14# # # N # # # N # # P E R I L
15# # # D # # # # D # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  1113e
BECOME  712nw
BELOW  115n
BICYCLE  88sw
CADET  99ne
CYCLE  97sw
CYCLIST  97s
CYCLONE  97w
DEFEND  410s
DEPEND  511se
MARINE  38s
OCEAN  57nw
PARENT  1114n
PERIL  1114e
POLICE  57ne
RECYCLE  37ne
RELATE  28s
RIVAL  1112ne
SIREN  912e
TODAY  119ne