Why present simple used for giving instructions

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"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."
My question is that why present simple used here for giving instructions before a test? It should be in the future tense such as "you'll read the questions first........". Please get me clear.I am confused.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

When you study the verb tenses, you must separate two different things about tenses.

1. The name of the tense: present simple; past simple; present perfect; past perfect; future; and so on.
The name of the tense only tells you the form of the tense, that is, how it is written: takes, took, has taken, will take, and so on.

2. The usage of the tense. The form called "present simple" can be used to indicate habitual actions in the present, events in the future, and various other things. The name does not restrict the usage. Any given tense usually has more usages than just the one suggested by its name.
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As a consequence of those two facts above, you cannot always expect that, for example, a future tense will always be necessary in order to indicate future time, or that a past tense cannot indicate present time. Only by studying various topics in English will you slowly but surely learn to recognize the complex relationships between verb forms and verb usage.
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The usage of the present simple that you see here you may call the procedural present if you wish. The form called "present simple" is used to describe procedures.

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