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.

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

X
Y
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1# # T R E L A T E # # # # # W
2# # # # # # # # # # # # # O #
3# # Y N # # M A R I N E L # #
4# # A E # # # # # # # E # # #
5# # D R # E M O C E B # # # #
6# # O I # # # # C I # # # # #
7D T T S I L C Y C E # # E # #
8# N E # # # # Y L Y A # C # #
9# # E D # # C # # I C N I # #
10# # # P A L L A V I R L L # #
11# # # R E C Y C L E # E O # #
12D N E F E D # T N E R A P N #
13# # # # # # # # # # # # # # E
14# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
15# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  71w
BECOME  115w
BELOW  115ne
BICYCLE  88sw
CADET  611nw
CYCLE  97sw
CYCLIST  97w
CYCLONE  97se
DEFEND  612w
DEPEND  511nw
MARINE  73e
OCEAN  85se
PARENT  1312w
PERIL  1312nw
POLICE  1311n
RECYCLE  511e
RELATE  41e
RIVAL  1110w
SIREN  47n
TODAY  37n