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.

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

X
Y
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1# # N # # # # T # # E # # # #
2# # # A # # # R # C A D E T #
3# # # # E # E E I # # # # # #
4# # # # P C N L # D E F E N D
5# # # E Y # O A # # E # # # #
6# # R C # P L T # L # P # # #
7# I L # A # C E C # # # E # #
8L E # R # # Y Y # # # # # N #
9# # E I # # C Y C L I S T # D
10# N # V # I # # # # # O # # #
11T # N A B E C O M E D # # # #
12# # E L # E # # # A # # # # #
13# # R # # # L # Y E N I R A M
14# # I # # # # O # # # # # # #
15# # S # # # # # W # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  85n
BECOME  511e
BELOW  511se
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  102e
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79e
CYCLONE  79n
DEFEND  104e
DEPEND  115se
MARINE  1513w
OCEAN  75nw
PARENT  66sw
PERIL  54sw
POLICE  75ne
RECYCLE  73sw
RELATE  82s
RIVAL  48s
SIREN  315n
TODAY  139sw