Question

Gopu said,'The bell rings at 9 a.m.( to indirect speech)

Answer 1

Explanation:

Gopu said that the bell rang at 9 a.m.

Answer 2

Gopu told that the bell rang at 9 a.m. This is the answer.

Converting to indirect speech:

• The words uttered by a person can be reported in two different ways.
• Direct and Indirect.
• When one quotes the exact words of the speaker, we call it direct speech.
• On converting a statement to indirect speech the reporting verb said is converted to told, informed etc.
• Hence the correct answer is: Gopu told that the bell rang at 9 a.m.