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Roky0071 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Present simple uses

"So what you do is … you read the questions first and then you write down your answers in the box. You don’t write on the question paper". This is the context.
Now my questions are as follows:
1. Why is the present simple used for giving instructions?
2. Do the instructions above express the present regular and habitual events or express the future events?
link:http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/present/present-simple-i-work
  

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1) 'Why' is always a hard question to answer. I'd say that's just how English works. 2) Neither.

— Clive

  • 1) 'Why' is always a hard question to answer.
  • I'd say that's just how English works.
  • 2) Neither.
  • They are just instructions.
  • Note there is a separate category in the link that you supplied.
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1) 'Why' is always a hard question to answer. I'd say that's just how English works.
2) Neither. They are just instructions. Note there is a separate category in the link that you supplied.
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[giving instructions before a test]

So what you do is … you read the questions first and then you write down your answers in the box. You
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Is it correct to add "should" before the verbs of instructions like "So what you should do is … you should read the questions first and then you should write down your answers in the box. You don’t write on the question paper.?
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Yes.
Although 'should' can sometimes weaken the instruction a bit. It starts to sound a little more like advice.
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The present simple is used for giving instructions because the event or the situation is permanent. I mean whenever one sits for the exam, They will read the same instructions like "So what you do is … you read the questions first and then you write down your answers in the box. You don't write on the question paper." Plea
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