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.

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

X
Y
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1B # # # # T # # # # # # # # W
2E L # # # N # # # # # # # O #
3C # I # N E # # # # # # L # #
4O # # R A R E L A T E E # # #
5M # # # E A L E R T B # # # #
6E # # # C P # # # I # # # # #
7# # E N O L C Y C A D E T # #
8# # # L # # # Y # Y # # # N #
9# # I # # # C # # # C # # E Y
10# C # # D L # # # # M L # R A
11E # # R E C Y C L E A # I I D
12# # # I P # # # # # R # # S O
13# # # V E # # # # # I # # # T
14# # # A N # # # # # N # # # #
15# # # L D E F E N D E # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  65e
BECOME  11s
BELOW  115ne
BICYCLE  88sw
CADET  97e
CYCLE  97sw
CYCLIST  97se
CYCLONE  97w
DEFEND  515e
DEPEND  511s
MARINE  1110s
OCEAN  57n
PARENT  66n
PERIL  66nw
POLICE  57sw
RECYCLE  511e
RELATE  64e
RIVAL  411s
SIREN  1412n
TODAY  1513n