Question

change in to narration the peon said ,"the bell did not ring because it was out of order "

Answer 1

Given sentence is Direct speech as inverted commas are used. Hence its narration change would be indirect speech

While converting to indirect,

=> inverted commas are replaced with that

=> past indefinite changes to past perfect tense in indirect tense.

=> was changes to had been.

Hence your answer is

The peon said that the bell had not rung because it had been out of order.