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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # T # # # T # E # #
2# # # # # O S # # E # N # # #
3# # # # D I I # D P O L I C E
4# # # A R # L A # L A C # # #
5# # Y E B # C # C L # R E # #
6# # N E E I Y Y E # E I E A #
7# # L # C # C R # # L V # N N
8# O # # O # T Y # # C A # # T
9W # # # M # # # C # Y L # # #
10# # # # E # # # # L C # # # #
11# # # # D N E F E D E P E N D
12# # # # # E T A L E R E # # #
13# # # # # # # # # # # R # # #
14# # # E N I R A M # # I # # #
15# # # # # # # # # # # L # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  114sw
BECOME  55s
BELOW  55sw
BICYCLE  88se
CADET  75ne
CYCLE  77se
CYCLIST  77n
CYCLONE  77ne
DEFEND  1011w
DEPEND  1111e
MARINE  914w
OCEAN  113se
PARENT  103se
PERIL  1211s
POLICE  113e
RECYCLE  1111n
RELATE  1112w
RIVAL  125s
SIREN  72sw
TODAY  71sw