Question

Tomorrow he would go into the roaring downtown district and find work. (Pick out the modal auxiliary and state its function)

Answer 1

Would

• The sentence is "Tomorrow he would go into the roaring downtown district and find work", and the right modal auxiliary verb is would.

Function of Would

• For making polite request would is used. Example: Would you lend me your car.
• In English grammar would expresses past habit. Examples: Ratan would vome here. Mother would tell us stories.

Answer 2

The modal auxiliary verb is "would".

Explanation:

• Modal auxiliary verbs are those verbs that are used to join words, phrases, and pronouns in a sentence.
• These verbs also refer to modalities such as permission and likelihood.
• Modal verbs also have suggestion potential.
• Important and commonly used modal verbs are given below.
• Can, could, may, might, should, and would.
• They use other forms as well such as have, do, and be.