5.The tea cher as ked the students to cease t a Iking or lose their privileges. a) Co int.inue b) Return c) Stop d) Shout

## Step 1<br />The problem is a vocabulary comprehension question. The sentence given is "The teacher asked the students to cease talking or lose their privileges." The word "cease" in this context means to stop doing something.<br />## Step 2<br />We need to find the word among the options that has the same meaning as "cease". The options are: a) Continue, b) Return, c) Stop, d) Shout.<br />## Step 3<br />Among these options, the word "stop" has the same meaning as "cease". The words "continue", "return", and "shout" do not have the same meaning as "cease".