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The Indicative Mood

The indicative mood (sometimes referred to as the 'declarative mood', 'evidential mood', 'common mood',' or 'fact mood' ) is the one you're most likely to use. It states facts. Most sentences; statements and questions use the indicative mood. Some linguists talk about the 'interrogative mood' for questions, but

For example:-

It rains a lot in England.
John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, punched a protester. (That's a fact.)
Why did he punch him? (Questioning a fact.)
Because he had thrown an egg at him. (Another, rather funny, fact.)