Which word demonstrates a CCVC pattern?

Which word demonstrates a CCVC pattern?

• A. play
• B. stop
• C. cat
• D. long

Answer: (B)

A CCVC pattern means two consonants in a row, then a vowel, followed by a single consonant. In stop, the first two letters s and t are both consonants, then the vowel o, and it ends with the consonant p. That exact order—two consonants, a vowel, then one consonant—is CCVC. The other words don’t fit this four-letter sequence in the same way. play starts with two consonants but ends with a letter that functions as a vowel sound in this word, so it isn’t CCVC. cat has only one consonant before the vowel, so it’s CVC. long has a vowel followed by two consonants at the end, which makes it CVCC, not CCVC.

A CCVC pattern means two consonants in a row, then a vowel, followed by a single consonant. In stop, the first two letters s and t are both consonants, then the vowel o, and it ends with the consonant p. That exact order—two consonants, a vowel, then one consonant—is CCVC.

The other words don’t fit this four-letter sequence in the same way. play starts with two consonants but ends with a letter that functions as a vowel sound in this word, so it isn’t CCVC. cat has only one consonant before the vowel, so it’s CVC. long has a vowel followed by two consonants at the end, which makes it CVCC, not CCVC.