Question

read the model sentence from virginia hamiltons the house of dies drear. thomas was thirteen years old today, and never in his life had he been so far from home. © 1968 virginia hamilton use the words and phrases to create a new sentence that matches the model. did the reason become clear to him but only at this moment had seemed a little testy before, pauls sister .

Explanation:

To create a sentence matching the model's structure (inversion and context), we arrange the phrases: start with the subject - related phrase, then the inversion part, followed by the time - related and descriptive parts. The model sentence has an inverted structure ("never in his life had he been..."), so we structure our sentence similarly. We use "Paul's sister" as the subject - related part, then "did the reason become clear to him" (inverted), then "but only at this moment" (time - related), and finally "had seemed a little testy before" (descriptive), ending with a period.

Answer:

Paul's sister did the reason become clear to him but only at this moment had seemed a little testy before.