Simple present/Present continuous
Here are some more ways we use the simple present:
1 To give instructions/directions
First, you boil some water and then you add the noodles and cock them for three minutes.
When you exit the MTR station, cross King's Road and go two blocks down.
Here are some more ways we use the present continuous:
1 To take abbot ongoing changes
You are getting fatter and fatter.
He is becoming a responsible young man.
2 To talk about repeated actions
That boy is kicking the back of my chair.
The cat is scratching that sofa to pieces.
3 To talk about background events in a story
Then she goes to the door and opens it and the monster is standing there!
She is doing her homework and the phone rings.