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.

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

X
Y
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1# # T O D A Y # E # W # # # M
2T L # S # # # T # # O # # # A
3# R I # I # A # T # L # # # R
4# # E R # L # # E # E # # # I
5# # # L E # C # D # B # # # N
6T N E R A P # Y A I E # # # E
7# # E N O L C Y C # C # # # #
8# # # L # # # Y # # O # # # #
9# # I # # # C # # # M C # # #
10# C # D # L # # # # E # E # #
11E # # R E C Y C L E # # # A #
12# # # # I P # # # # # # # # N
13# # # # # V E # # # # # # # #
14# # # # # # A N # # # # # # #
15N E R I S # # L D E F E N D #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  56nw
BECOME  115s
BELOW  115n
BICYCLE  88sw
CADET  97n
CYCLE  97sw
CYCLIST  97nw
CYCLONE  97w
DEFEND  915e
DEPEND  511se
MARINE  151s
OCEAN  118se
PARENT  66w
PERIL  66nw
POLICE  57sw
RECYCLE  511e
RELATE  46ne
RIVAL  411se
SIREN  515w
TODAY  31e