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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # T # # # T O D A Y # W
2# # # # N E R I S # # # # O #
3# # # # # # D # I # # # L # #
4# # # # # # # A L # # E # # #
5# # # E # E M O C E B # T # #
6# # # L N # # # Y I # # N # #
7D # # I # I # # C Y C L E # #
8# N # R # # R Y # Y # # R # #
9# # E E # # C A # # C # A # #
10# # # P # L # # M # # L P # #
11T # # R E C Y C L E # # O # #
12# R # # I D E F E N D C L N #
13# # E # # V # # # # E # I # E
14# # # L # # A # # A # # C # #
15# R E L A T E L N # # # E # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  515nw
BECOME  115w
BELOW  115ne
BICYCLE  88sw
CADET  95nw
CYCLE  97e
CYCLIST  97n
CYCLONE  97se
DEFEND  612e
DEPEND  511nw
MARINE  910nw
OCEAN  1311sw
PARENT  1310n
PERIL  410n
POLICE  1311s
RECYCLE  511e
RELATE  215e
RIVAL  411se
SIREN  92w
TODAY  91e