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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
3# # # # # # # # # # Y A D O T
4L A V I R E L A T E # # L S M
5D N E P E D E F E N D # I I A
6# # # A C L # # # # # L R R R
7# # # R Y A C # # # C # E E I
8# # # E C # D Y # Y # # P N N
9# # # N L # # E C Y C L O N E
10# # # T E # # # T I # # L # #
11# # # # # E M O C E B # I # #
12# # # # # # # # C E # # C # #
13# # # # # # # # L E # # E # #
14# # # # # # # O # # A L E R T
15# # # # # # W # # # # N # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  1114e
BECOME  1111w
BELOW  1111sw
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  56se
CYCLE  99nw
CYCLIST  99ne
CYCLONE  99e
DEFEND  65e
DEPEND  55w
MARINE  154s
OCEAN  811se
PARENT  45s
PERIL  138n
POLICE  139s
RECYCLE  55s
RELATE  54e
RIVAL  54w
SIREN  144s
TODAY  153w