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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # D E F E N D # # #
2M # # # # # # N # # # # # # #
3A # # # # # # # E # # # # # #
4R I V A L # # # # P # # # # #
5I # # # Y E L C Y C E R # # #
6N # # A E # # # # L C D # # #
7E # D # M # # # C # I # # # #
8# O # # O # # Y # # L # # # #
9T S I L C Y C Y C L O N E # #
10# I # A E I # # # C P E R I L
11# R D # B # # # E A L E R T #
12# E # E # # # A R E L A T E #
13T N L # # # N E # # # # # # #
14# O # # # # N # # # # # # # #
15W # # # # T # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  1011e
BECOME  511n
BELOW  511sw
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  59sw
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79w
CYCLONE  79e
DEFEND  71e
DEPEND  115nw
MARINE  12s
OCEAN  119sw
PARENT  1110sw
PERIL  1110e
POLICE  119n
RECYCLE  115w
RELATE  912e
RIVAL  14e
SIREN  29s
TODAY  19ne