Sort each spelling word by determining if it follows the v/vc or the vc/v pattern tyrant, equal, humor, recent, profile, linen, closet, student, smokey, legal, comet, shiver, minus, loser, punish, cavern, local, decent, vacant, panic.

Answer 1

pattern - vc/v
tyrant - v/cv
equal - v/cv

You'll find the rest of these in a dictionary such as Dictionary.com.

Answer 2

v/cv pattern