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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # T # # # # E M # # # # W
2# # # R # # # # N # A # # O #
3# # # E E C I L O P # R L # #
4# # # L # # # # L # A E I # #
5O C E A N E M O C E B R # N #
6# # # D E # # # Y I # # E # E
7# # # N L # # # C A D E T N #
8# # # E C # # Y # Y # # # N T
9# # # F Y # C # # # C # # E Y
10# # # E C L # # # # # L # R A
11# # # D E P E N D # # # I I D
12L A V I R E L A T E # # # S O
13# # # # # R # # # # # # # # T
14# # # # # I # # # # # # # # #
15# # # # # L # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  45n
BECOME  115w
BELOW  115ne
BICYCLE  88sw
CADET  97e
CYCLE  97sw
CYCLIST  97se
CYCLONE  97n
DEFEND  411n
DEPEND  511e
MARINE  101se
OCEAN  15e
PARENT  103se
PERIL  611s
POLICE  93w
RECYCLE  511n
RELATE  512e
RIVAL  512w
SIREN  1412n
TODAY  1513n