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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # # E # # # # # #
2# # # # # # # # N # O C E A N
3# # L # E C I L O P A R E N T
4# # I # # # # # L # # E # # #
5# # R D # E M O C E B L # # #
6# # E N E # # # Y I E A # # #
7# # P E L # # # C # L T # # #
8L # # F C # # Y Y # O E N M #
9# A # E Y # C # C # W E Y A #
10# # V D C L # # L A R A L R #
11# # # I E # # # I I D E # I #
12# # # # R P # # S O R E # N #
13# # # # # # E # T T # # T E #
14# # # # # # # N # # # # # # #
15# # # # # # # # D # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  149sw
BECOME  115w
BELOW  115s
BICYCLE  88sw
CADET  99se
CYCLE  97sw
CYCLIST  97s
CYCLONE  97n
DEFEND  410n
DEPEND  511se
MARINE  148s
OCEAN  112e
PARENT  103e
PERIL  37n
POLICE  93w
RECYCLE  511n
RELATE  123s
RIVAL  512nw
SIREN  912ne
TODAY  913ne