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.

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

X
Y
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1W # Y A D O T N # # # # # # #
2# O # # # # S A # # # # # # #
3# # L # # I I E # # # # # # #
4# # # E R # L C # # # # # # #
5# # T E B E C O M E # D R # #
6# # N # # I Y # # # # N E # #
7# # E # # # C A D E T E L # #
8# # R # # Y # Y # # # F A # #
9# # A # C # # # C # # E T # #
10# # P L # # # # # L # D E E #
11# # O E E E L C Y C E R N # #
12# N L # R R # # # P # I # # #
13E # I # # I T # E # R V # # #
14# # C # # # L N # A # A # # #
15# # E # # # D # M # # L # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  39se
BECOME  55e
BELOW  55nw
BICYCLE  88se
CADET  77e
CYCLE  77se
CYCLIST  77n
CYCLONE  77sw
DEFEND  1210n
DEPEND  1111sw
MARINE  915ne
OCEAN  85n
PARENT  310n
PERIL  310se
POLICE  311s
RECYCLE  1111w
RELATE  135s
RIVAL  1211s
SIREN  72sw
TODAY  71w