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

X
Y
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1# # # N # # # # # # W # # # #
2# # # # A # # E # # O # # # #
3# # # # # E N # # # L # # # #
4# # # # # I C # # # E # # # #
5# # # # R E M O C E B # # # #
6D # # A E # # # # I # # # # #
7N # M # L # # # C A D E T # E
8E # # # C # # Y Y Y # # # T #
9F # # # Y # C # C # C # A # Y
10E # # # C L # # L P # L # # A
11D N E P E D # # O A E # I # D
12L A V I R # # L N R L R # S O
13N E R I S # I # E E # E I # T
14# # # # # C # # # N # # R L #
15# # # # E # # # # T # # # T #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  1011se
BECOME  115w
BELOW  115n
BICYCLE  88sw
CADET  97e
CYCLE  97sw
CYCLIST  97se
CYCLONE  97s
DEFEND  111n
DEPEND  511w
MARINE  37ne
OCEAN  85nw
PARENT  1010s
PERIL  1010se
POLICE  911sw
RECYCLE  511n
RELATE  1012ne
RIVAL  512w
SIREN  513w
TODAY  1513n