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

X
Y
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1W # # # # # # # # # T # # # T
2# O # # # # # # # # N # # R #
3# N L # # # # # # # E # E # #
4# E # E # E T A L E R L # # #
5# R # # B E C O M E A # # # #
6# I # # # I # # # # P E R I L
7T S I L C Y C Y C L O N E # D
8O # # # # A M Y # # L C # N #
9D # # # D A # # C # I # E # #
10A # # E R # # # # L C P # A #
11Y # T I # E L C Y C E R # # N
12# # N # D N E F E D I # # # #
13# E # # # # # # # V # # # # #
14# # # # # # # # A # # # # # #
15# # # # # # # L # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  115ne
BECOME  55e
BELOW  55nw
BICYCLE  88se
CADET  77sw
CYCLE  77se
CYCLIST  77w
CYCLONE  77e
DEFEND  1012w
DEPEND  1111ne
MARINE  78sw
OCEAN  117se
PARENT  116n
PERIL  116e
POLICE  117s
RECYCLE  1111w
RELATE  114w
RIVAL  1211sw
SIREN  27n
TODAY  17s