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In [[Modern English]] the indicative mood is for statements of actuality or strong probability (and in fact in all instances which do not require use of a different mood):
* The spine-tailed swift flies faster than any other bird in the world. ([[present indicative]])
* The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers rose to record heights in 1993. ([[past indicative]])
* Mid-westerners will remember the flooding for many years to come. ([[future indicative]])
Some forms of the indicative can be used with ''do'', ''does'', or ''did'', either for emphasis, or to form questions or negatives. See [[do-support|''do''-support]].
Other moods existing in English besides the indicative are the [[English subjunctive|subjunctive]] (as in "I suggest you '''be''' quiet"), the [[imperative mood|imperative]] ("'''Be''' quiet!"), and (although not always analyzed as a mood) the [[conditional mood|conditional]] ("I '''would be''' quiet").
== Other realis moods ==
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