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.

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

X
Y
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1# # Y A D O T # # # E # # B #
2# # N E R I S # # # N # # E #
3# # E # # # I # # # I # # L #
4# # C # # # L A V I R # # O #
5# # I # B # C # # L A # # W #
6# # L # E I Y # I # M # # # #
7E N O L C Y C R # # # # # # D
8R # P # O # E Y O C E A N N #
9E # A # M P # # C # # # E # #
10L # R # E # # # # L # P # # #
11A L E R T E L C Y C E R # # #
12T # N # D N E F E D A # # # #
13E # T # # # # # # # # D # # #
14# # # # # # # # # # # # E # #
15# # # # # # # # # # # # # T #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  111e
BECOME  55s
BELOW  141s
BICYCLE  88se
CADET  1011se
CYCLE  77se
CYCLIST  77n
CYCLONE  77w
DEFEND  1012w
DEPEND  1111ne
MARINE  116n
OCEAN  98e
PARENT  38s
PERIL  69ne
POLICE  37n
RECYCLE  1111w
RELATE  18s
RIVAL  114w
SIREN  72w
TODAY  71w