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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # # E # # # # # #
2# O # # # # # E N I R A M # #
3# C T N E R A P O L I C E # #
4# E # # E L # # L # # # # # #
5# A # L E E M O C E B # # # #
6# N A R # # # # Y I S E # # #
7# T T S I L C Y C # # I L # #
8E # O # # # # Y L A V I R O #
9# # D # # # C A D E T # # E W
10# # A D # L # # # # # # # D N
11# # Y R E C Y C L E # # N # #
12# L I R E P # # # # # E # # #
13# # # # # # E # # # F # # # #
14# # # # # # # N # E # # # # #
15# # # # # # # # D # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  73sw
BECOME  115w
BELOW  115se
BICYCLE  88sw
CADET  79e
CYCLE  97sw
CYCLIST  97w
CYCLONE  97n
DEFEND  915ne
DEPEND  511se
MARINE  132w
OCEAN  22s
PARENT  83w
PERIL  612w
POLICE  93e
RECYCLE  511e
RELATE  63sw
RIVAL  138w
SIREN  116se
TODAY  37s