<p><strong>Auxiliary Verb</strong></p><ul><li>a simple past tense and past participle of will.</li></ul><p><strong>Used to express:</strong></p><ul><li>the future in past sentences: "He said he would go tomorrow."</li><li>a statement or form a question less direct or blunt: "That would scarcely be fair." / "Would you be so kind?"</li><li>repeated or habitual action in the past: "We would visit Grandma every morning up at the farm."</li><li>an intention or inclination: "Nutritionists would have us all eat whole grains."</li><li>an uncertainty: "It would appear that he is guilty."</li><li>choice or possibility in conditional sentences: "They would come if they had the fare." / "If the temperature were higher, the water would evaporate."</li><li>unfulfilled intention or preference (used with a past participle): "I would have saved you some but Jimmy took it all."</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) (used to express a wish): "Would he were here!"</li></ul>