Question

I was unable to tell what the girl looked like. Change into simple.

Answer 1

Answer :

I was unable to tell the girl about her looks. (simple)

Explanation :

The given sentence is a complex sentence where :

• Principle clause : I was unable to tell
• Subordinate clause : The girl looked like
• Connective : what

We turned it to simple keeping the principle clause as same but changing the subordinate clause to a phrase.

• The word 'about' is used in that process and verb 'looked' is changed to noun phrase as 'her looks'

Answer 2

Answer:

I was unable to tell the girl about her looks