Question

read the model sentence from george orwells 1984. he, winston smith, knew that oceania had been in alliance with eurasia as short a time as four years ago. © 1949 george orwell use the words and phrases to create a new sentence that matches the model. beside himself about the shredded upholstery had figured that his owner would be mr. mean, a perceptive cat, even worse than the last time.

Explanation:

The model sentence has the structure: Subject (with an appositive), verb + that - clause. Here, "Mr. Mean" is the subject, "a perceptive cat" is the appositive (describing Mr. Mean), "had figured that..." is the verb - clause structure similar to "knew that..." in the model. We combine the phrases according to this structure.

Answer:

Mr. Mean, a perceptive cat, had figured that his owner would be beside himself about the shredded upholstery even worse than the last time.