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 X A L F J D D B L Q R P P N
N C J W Q U I N P D G V G E Q
O P Q B X E K A E R V P S K E
L A M R J L I R E P R I V A L
Y N K U Z N T P R C E Z O L E
A E C Q E L E Q S L C D K S B
D R M N M H D Q C G Y E A N P
O I Q S O J A Y U N C F T H J
T S I L C Y C E T A L E R T N
Q H M Z E I X Y A S E N Y A P
W O L E B B K B C D U D E M P
M A R I N E G T G L B C A H G
N B O K T N E R A P O L I C E
Y B E D Q M Y H H F F N K C M
P O F Q F E P Z L O I Q E T F
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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 I V A L
5Y N # # # # T # # # E # # # #
6A E # # E # E # # L C D # # #
7D R # # M # D # C # Y E # # #
8O I # # O # A Y # # C F # # #
9T S I L C Y C E T A L E R T N
10# # # # E I # Y # # E N # A #
11W O L E B # # # C # # D E # #
12M A R I N E # # # L # C # # #
13# # # # T N E R A P O L I C E
14# # # # # # # # # # # N # # #
15# # # # # # # # # # # # E # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  109e
BECOME  511n
BELOW  511w
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  79n
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79w
CYCLONE  79se
DEFEND  126s
DEPEND  115nw
MARINE  112e
OCEAN  1113ne
PARENT  1013w
PERIL  104w
POLICE  1113e
RECYCLE  115s
RELATE  139w
RIVAL  114e
SIREN  29n
TODAY  19n