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

X
Y
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1W # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# O # # # # # # # # # # # # #
3T # L # # # # # # # # # # # #
4# E # E N I R A M # # # # # #
5# # D # B E C O M E D # # # #
6# # L A # I # # # # N E # # #
7T S I L C Y C T # # E T # # #
8O I R # # Y R Y # # F A # # #
9D R E # C E # # C # E L # # #
10A E P L L # # # # L D E # # #
11Y N O A # E L C Y C E R # # #
12# N L C R # # # # # P I # # #
13E # I # E E # # # # E V # # #
14# # C # # A N # # # N A # # #
15# # E # # # N T # # D L # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  411ne
BECOME  55e
BELOW  55nw
BICYCLE  88se
CADET  57nw
CYCLE  77se
CYCLIST  77w
CYCLONE  77sw
DEFEND  1110n
DEPEND  1111s
MARINE  94w
OCEAN  311se
PARENT  310se
PERIL  310n
POLICE  311s
RECYCLE  1111w
RELATE  1211n
RIVAL  1211s
SIREN  27s
TODAY  17s