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.

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

X
Y
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1T L N # # # # # # M A R I N E
2# R I A # # # # # # # I # # #
3# # E R E # E # # # # V # # #
4# # # L E C N # # D R A # # D
5T N E R A P O L I C E L # # N
6# # # E E # L # # L C P # # E
7# # # L M # C # C # Y # E # F
8# # # A O # Y Y # # C # # N E
9# # # T C # C # # # L # # # D
10# # N E E I Y A # # E # # # #
11W O L E B # C # D # # # # # #
12# # # # R # L # # E # # # # #
13# # # # # I I # # # T # # # #
14# # # # # # S # # # # # # # #
15# # # # # # T O D A Y # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  55nw
BECOME  511n
BELOW  511w
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  79se
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79s
CYCLONE  79n
DEFEND  159n
DEPEND  115se
MARINE  101e
OCEAN  75nw
PARENT  65w
PERIL  65nw
POLICE  75e
RECYCLE  115s
RELATE  45s
RIVAL  121s
SIREN  714nw
TODAY  715e