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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # # # # N L # # #
2# # # # # # # # # A I # # # #
3# # # # # # E # E R # # # # #
4# # # # # # N C E D R I V A L
5# # E C I L O P A R E N T # #
6# M # # E # L # # L C P # # #
7# A # # M # C # C # Y # E # #
8# R # # O # Y Y # # C # # N #
9# I E L C Y C # # # L # # # D
10# N # # E I A Y # # E # # # E
11# E # # B # D # C T # # Y # F
12# # # E # # E # R L # # A # E
13# # L # # # T E # # I # D # N
14# O # # # # L N E R I S O # D
15W # # E T A L E R # # # T # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  615ne
BECOME  511n
BELOW  511sw
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  79s
CYCLE  79w
CYCLIST  79se
CYCLONE  79n
DEFEND  159s
DEPEND  115se
MARINE  26s
OCEAN  75ne
PARENT  85e
PERIL  85ne
POLICE  75w
RECYCLE  115s
RELATE  915w
RIVAL  114e
SIREN  1214w
TODAY  1315n