Choose the option that best complete the gap (s) The continuous rain has really .......the soil.

Analyze the question: We need the word that best completes "The continuous rain has really ....... the soil." The key idea is what continuous rain does to soil: it soaks it with water until it can hold no more.

Explain the concept: This is a vocabulary-in-context question, so it tests precise word meaning.

• Satiated means fully satisfied, usually with food or appetite (e.g., "satiated after the meal"). It is used for people or animals, not for soil.
• Saturated means soaked with liquid until no more can be absorbed. It is the standard word for soil or ground that is thoroughly wet.
• Melted up is not a standard English expression. Melting applies to solids turning to liquid by heat.
• Mopped up means to clean up liquid or to finish off something. Rain does not mop up soil.

Solution:

1. The rain is continuous, so the soil gets completely wet.
2. The word needed must mean "soaked thoroughly with water."
3. Only "saturated" has this meaning and fits soil.
4. "Satiated" looks similar, but it relates to hunger or appetite, so it is a distractor.

Answer: The continuous rain has really saturated the soil.

Tip: Watch out for look-alike words in JAMB English. Link saturated with water (both are "wet" ideas, like a sponge soaked through), and link satiated with satisfied (a full stomach).