1. “Bored” 1. “Bored” is an adjective meaning tired or uninterested. EX: Erica was BORED while talking to her friends, so she paid attention in class EX: “We’re BORED,” the students whined

2. “Bored” 1A. “Bored” is also the past tense of the verb “to bore,” meaning to pierce by drilling EX: Odysseus leaned on the spike and BORED into the cyclops’s eye EX: The company BORED through the mountain to finish the train tracks

3. “Board” 2. “Board” is a noun meaning “a flat slab of wood broader and longer than it is thick” EX: Winston and his mother played a BOARDgame EX: Bring me the cutting board so I can dice this celery

4. “Board” 2A. “Board” is also a verb meaning to go onto a vehicle (usually large and mass transit) EX: They will BOARD the first- class passengers before they BOARD you EX: Don’t let the pirates BOARD our ship or we’re done for!