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The town's rather unreliable psychic made a grand declaration yesterday. Select ALL the sentences that correctly report her prophecy with the appropriate shifts in time and place.
Madam Zelda's exact words: "I will find the cursed amulet here tomorrow!"

The correct answers are Madam Zelda announced that she would find the cursed amulet there the next day and Madam Zelda announced she would find the cursed amulet there the following day.

When reporting a statement made in the past, time and place words usually change to fit the new perspective. "Here" becomes there, and "tomorrow" becomes the next day or the following day. The modal "will" also backshifts to would.

The option using "told" is incorrect because "told" requires a listener (e.g., told us that...).

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