Question

Which sentence uses the indicative mood?
Responses

As the drummer boy plays a beat, the soldiers march forward.
As the drummer boy plays a beat, the soldiers march forward.

Ask the drummer boy to play a beat so the soldiers will march forward.
Ask the drummer boy to play a beat so the soldiers will march forward.

Will the drummer boy play a beat to make the soldiers march forward?
Will the drummer boy play a beat to make the soldiers march forward?

If the drummer boy were to play a beat, the soldiers would march forward.
If the drummer boy were to play a beat, the soldiers would march forward.

Answer 1

The sentence that uses the indicative mood is:

"As the drummer boy plays a beat, the soldiers march forward."

The indicative mood is used to make factual statements or ask questions about reality, and this sentence presents a straightforward fact.