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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # # # # # L # # #
2# # # # # # # # # # # I # # #
3# # # # # # # # # # # R # # #
4# # # # # E T A L E R E # # #
5# # T # # O # # # D E P E N D
6# # # E D # # # E L C # # # B
7W # # A D # # F C L Y # # # E
8# O Y # # A E Y # A C # T # C
9# # L # L N C # # V L N # # O
10# # # E D I Y Y # I E N # N M
11# # R # B # C # C R # E # A E
12# T # # # # L # A L # R R E #
13# # E C I L O P # # I I # C #
14# # # # # # N # # # N S # O #
15# # # # # # E # # E # # T # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  68sw
BECOME  156s
BELOW  511nw
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  79nw
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79se
CYCLONE  79s
DEFEND  105sw
DEPEND  115e
MARINE  1510sw
OCEAN  1414n
PARENT  813ne
PERIL  125n
POLICE  713w
RECYCLE  115s
RELATE  114w
RIVAL  1011n
SIREN  1214n
TODAY  74sw