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.

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

X
Y
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1E # # # # # # # # L # # # # #
2N # # # # # # # # # I # # # #
3I # # T # # # # # # # R # # E
4R # # # R D E F E N D # E N #
5A # # I E E # # E C I L O P #
6M # V P C L L # # # # L C A #
7# A E # Y # C A # # C # E R #
8L N # # C # # Y T Y # # A E #
9D # # # L # # # C E # # N N #
10# # # # E # # # Y I # # # T #
11# # # # # E M O C E B # # # #
12# # # # # # # # L A # E # # #
13# # # # # # # # I # D # L # #
14# # # # # # # # S I R E N O #
15# # # # Y A D O T # # # T # W
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  87nw
BECOME  1111w
BELOW  1111se
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  911se
CYCLE  99nw
CYCLIST  99s
CYCLONE  99ne
DEFEND  64e
DEPEND  55sw
MARINE  16n
OCEAN  135s
PARENT  145s
PERIL  145nw
POLICE  135w
RECYCLE  55s
RELATE  54se
RIVAL  54sw
SIREN  914e
TODAY  915w