I'd give it a (rating)

When you're rating how good something is, you can say what rating, grade, or score you "would give" it:

I'd give it a three out of ten.

I'd give it a B+.

I'd give it two stars.

Why do we use "would" in this expression? Imagine that part of the sentence is left out:

I'd give it a three out of five (if I were rating it formally).

This phrase appears in these lessons: