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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # D # # # # D # # # # # #
2# # # N # # # N # # # # # # #
3# E # E # # E # T N E R I S #
4# T # F # P # # S E # # # # #
5# A # E E # # # I # N # # # #
6# L # D C L # # L # E I # # #
7# E # # I # C # C # M # R # #
8# R # # L # # Y Y # O # I A #
9# # E N O L C Y C # C # V # M
10# # # C P # # # A I E # A # #
11# # E E Y A # # D # B # L # #
12# A R # L C R # E # E # # # #
13N I # E # # L E T # L # # # #
14L # R # # # # E N # O # # # #
15# T # # # Y A D O T W # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  611sw
BECOME  1111n
BELOW  1111s
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  99s
CYCLE  99nw
CYCLIST  99n
CYCLONE  99w
DEFEND  46n
DEPEND  55ne
MARINE  159nw
OCEAN  59sw
PARENT  510se
PERIL  510sw
POLICE  59n
RECYCLE  39se
RELATE  28n
RIVAL  137s
SIREN  143w
TODAY  1015w