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

X
Y
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1# # # # # M A R I N E # # # #
2# # # # # # # L # # # # # # #
3# # # # # # # # E E T A L E R
4# # # # # # # # # R # # # # #
5W O L E B E C O M E T # # # #
6# # # # # I T # # # E T # # D
7# # E L C Y C E # # L N # # N
8# # C # # Y Y Y D # C E # # E
9# # I # C L C # C A Y R # # F
10# # L L # A L # # L C A # # E
11# # O S # V I # # D E P E N D
12# N P C I I S # # # R E # # #
13E # # # E R T O D A Y R # # #
14# # # # # A E # # # # I # # #
15# # # # # # N N # # # L # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  71se
BECOME  55e
BELOW  55w
BICYCLE  88se
CADET  1110nw
CYCLE  77w
CYCLIST  77s
CYCLONE  77sw
DEFEND  1511n
DEPEND  1111e
MARINE  61e
OCEAN  311se
PARENT  1211n
PERIL  1211s
POLICE  311n
RECYCLE  1111n
RELATE  153w
RIVAL  613n
SIREN  411se
TODAY  713e