border vs. boarder

[Olena]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #247 "Confusing Words test (20)", question 8

You will need a passport if you want to cross the .......... They just changed the law this year.

(a) border
(b) boarder
(c) bidder

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #247 "Confusing Words test (20)", answer 8

You will need a passport if you want to cross the border. They just changed the law this year.

Correct answer: (a) border

Your answer was: incorrect
You will need a passport if you want to cross the boarder. They just changed the law this year.
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Olena

[Conchita]

[Bubba]

The correct answer is (a) border. True, the "a" is silent in the word "boarder", but the definition is completely different. A boarder is a tenant in someone's house. (Someone who lives in someone else's house.) A border defines the outer edge of something, like a country, as used in the sentence above.

[Kitosdad]

And Bubba is 100% correct. A boarder is a lodger. One who rents a room from another.

Kitosdad.
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