indicative : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
  common mood; declarative mood; declarative; indicative; fact mood.
  

WordNet

• (Gram.), that mood or form of the verb which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or denies or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the mail arrived?

Webster 1913