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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # E D N E F E D L # # #
2# # # # T # # # # # N A # # #
3# # # T A # # T # # E V # # E
4# # L R L # N # # # P I # N #
5# # I E E E L C Y C E R I # #
6# # R L R # # # # L D R # # #
7# # E A T E D A C # A # # # #
8# # P # # # # Y # M # # # # #
9E N O L C Y C Y C L I S T # #
10# # L # # I # # # # # I O # #
11# # I # B E C O M E # R D # #
12# # C # E # # C # # # E A # #
13# # E # L # # E # # # N Y # #
14# # # # O # # A # # # # # # #
15# # # # W # # N # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  47n
BECOME  511e
BELOW  511s
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  97w
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79e
CYCLONE  79w
DEFEND  111w
DEPEND  115n
MARINE  108ne
OCEAN  811s
PARENT  38ne
PERIL  38n
POLICE  39s
RECYCLE  115w
RELATE  56n
RIVAL  125n
SIREN  129s
TODAY  139s