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.

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

X
Y
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1# # E M A R I N E # # # # # #
2# # C # # # # # # # # # # # #
3E # I # # # # # # # # T # # #
4# N L # D N E F E D R I V A L
5# # O C E A N # # E E # # # #
6# # P L # # # # L L C P # # #
7# # A # C # # A C # Y E E # #
8# # R # # Y T Y # # C R # N #
9# # E # # E C # # # L I # # D
10# # N # # I Y # # # E L # # #
11# # T # B E C O M E # # # # #
12# # # E # # L A # # # # # # #
13# # L # # # I # D # # # # # #
14# O # # # # S I R E N # # # #
15W # Y A D O T # # # T # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  87ne
BECOME  511e
BELOW  511sw
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  711se
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79s
CYCLONE  79nw
DEFEND  104w
DEPEND  115se
MARINE  41e
OCEAN  35e
PARENT  36s
PERIL  126s
POLICE  35n
RECYCLE  115s
RELATE  114sw
RIVAL  114e
SIREN  714e
TODAY  715w