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.

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

X
Y
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1# # E # # # # T # # # # # # #
2# # # C # # R N # # L A V I R
3# # # # I E E E # # # # # # #
4# # # # L L N R # D R # # # D
5# # N A E C O A # # E # # # N
6# # R # E # L P # L C P # # E
7# # E E M # C # C # Y E E # F
8# # L N O # Y Y # # C R # N E
9# # A I C # C # # # L I # # D
10# # T R E I A Y # # E L # # #
11# # E A B # D # C # # # Y # #
12# # # M E # E # # L # # A # #
13# # # # L # T # # # I # D # #
14# # # # O # # N E R I S O # #
15# # # # W # # # # # # # T # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  45ne
BECOME  511n
BELOW  511s
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  79s
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79se
CYCLONE  79n
DEFEND  159n
DEPEND  115se
MARINE  412n
OCEAN  75w
PARENT  86n
PERIL  126s
POLICE  75nw
RECYCLE  115s
RELATE  36s
RIVAL  152w
SIREN  1214w
TODAY  1315n