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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # L # # # # # # # # #
2# # # E T I # # # # # # # # #
3# # # T R R E # # # # # # # #
4# # # A E E N # # D R # # # D
5# # # L L P O L I C E # # # N
6# # # E A C L # # L C P # # E
7# # # R E # C # C # Y # E # F
8# # E A I # Y Y # # C # # N E
9# N N # # V C # # # L # # # D
10T # # # # I A Y # # E # # # E
11# # # # B # D L C E N I R A M
12# # # E # # E # # L # # # # O
13# # L # # # T # # # I # # # C
14# O # # # # # N E R I S # # E
15W # # # # # # # Y A D O T # B
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  56n
BECOME  1515n
BELOW  511sw
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  79s
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79se
CYCLONE  79n
DEFEND  159n
DEPEND  115se
MARINE  1511w
OCEAN  75sw
PARENT  65sw
PERIL  65n
POLICE  75e
RECYCLE  115s
RELATE  47n
RIVAL  47se
SIREN  1214w
TODAY  1315w