Describe a person who visited you

# Describe a person who visited you/ a time when someone visited you

• Who the person was
• When the person visited you
• What you and the person did together and explain how you felt about the visit.

Sample:1

Well, I have entertained a lot of friends and relatives at my home. But I’d like to talk about a small boy who came to visit a few months ago. He was so naughty that he impressed all of my families. Sandeep one of my nephews, he is four years old and is living in another city. So I had just seen him once when he was still a little baby.

On an evening in March, we received the visit by his parents and him. He caught our eyes at first sight, for his eyes are very big. Like most children of his age, he had lots of energy and was curious about everything. After a long journey, he didn’t show any signs of tiredness at all and went around all of our rooms immediately after his arrival. Finally, he decided to stay in my bedroom because there are a computer and some furry toys.

To my surprise, such a young boy could play the computer game “angry birds” so skillfully. A moment later, being tired of my computer and furry toys, he enjoyed himself by playing with my green plants. He tortured the poor plants by ripping off the leaves from them. Fortunately, soon the dinner saved my beloved plants.

After dinner, he began to sing and dance for us. We were all deeply attracted by his amusing performance. Several hours passed by quickly, I really felt exhausted when I had to say goodbye to him. But I felt carefree with his company.

Later I began to think it may be also a good way to relieve my pressure to be with such a lovely kid. Now I often miss his innocence and naughtiness a lot and hope someday he will pay another surprise visit to me.

Sample2:

Two weeks ago, my niece paid a two-day visit to my home, which caused much trouble. My niece, Komal, a six-year-old girl is lovely and talent. That day, my cousin called my mother up and asked if my mother could help look after Komal, for she went to go back home to look after her father who fell ill expectedly and had been sent to the hospital.

My cousin decided to go alone as her parents were in another province. Her husband, however, just went out for business the day before, so she had no choice but turned to my mother for help, for it’s impossible to find a babysitter in a short time. My mother agreed.

The day after Komal arrived, she enjoyed herself with the snacks my mother prepared for her, and she busied herself with the various toys of my brother’s and mine. She finally fell asleep at 5 pm. Then my mother got me to call my cousin to tell her everything was OK, so she wouldn’t be worried.

Hearing that, my cousin, however, still was not at ease, as Komal had never been away from her for a single night since her birth. Things happened as my cousin had worried. Komal woke up at about 9 and kept crying until all my family was awakened. Though we tried our best to comfort her, she just didn’t stop crying. At last, we had to leave her crying alone, and finally, she fell asleep again because of tiredness.

Early the next morning, she called her mother and told her how sad she was, being unable to eat well and unable to have a sound sleep, for she missed her mother. Fortunately, my cousin told her that her father would finish his business trip ahead and would return to pick her up the following day. On hearing that,  Komal calmed down and enjoyed herself as nothing had happened. We were relieved to say goodbye to Komal.

Sample 3

Last week, my cousin with her husband and son who live in another city, paid a visit to my home before they went to attend a wedding party- of a friend of theirs the next day. The last time I saw them was during the Spring Festival. My brother and I drove to pick them up at the train station.

My nephew Manmeet. a five-year-old. was very active after the three-hour trip. The moment he saw us. he runs to us and called us sweetly On the way to my home, the little boy looked through the window excitedly and kept asking his Dad about what he saw.

By the time we got home, it’s just tuned for lunch. Mum made a big meal for them, and Manmeet was so happy to eat the lobster, his favorite dish. On finishing his lunch, he said loudly that the lobster cooked by Mum was the most delicious food in the world, which made us laugh.

Then my cousin and brother-in-law decided to go to the shopping mall to buy gifts for the party, but Manmeet insisted on going along with them and even cried. To stop him crying, my brother took out a box of toys including a book about dinosaurs, which worked well. Manmeet picked out some guns and played his favorite game with my brother as he always did when coming to my home.

He made my brother to be a hidden robber and himself a policeman, and then they had a ‘gun fight’. He enjoyed himself running around the house to find my hidden brother. Mum stopped them and offered him some snack later. He then lay on the sofa and began reading the book. He’s a big fan of dinosaurs and is never tired of reading anything related to dinosaurs.

He’s able to tell the names of dinosaurs printed on the book: I, however, cannot read many of the names for they are obscure. About an hour later, he fell asleep for tiredness till his parents returned. I treated them a restaurant for dinner and we had a great time out. Early the next morning, they set for the party and Manmeet reluctantly said goodbye to us.

Follow-ups

Question: How do people in India welcome visitors to their homes?

The host will wait at the door to welcome visitors and lead them to the lounge or dining room to have tea and snacks. Then the host will talk with visitors, making them comfortable and feel free.

Question: In India, when someone is a guest in another person’s house, in what ways should he or she express their respect to the host?

On arrival, as a guest, one will go to say hello to the host and the elder in the family; on leaving, he should say goodbye, which is basic politeness. Then if offered food or drinks, it’s polite to take them and say thanks.

Question: Should the guest offer help to the host?

No, guests are not expected to offer any help. In general, the female of the host family will be in charge of preparing food, and the male will entertain or have a talk with guests. If there are many guests coming for a party or visiting, the host will hire others to help with food, and they themselves treat guests.

Question: In your country, when you have visitors, do you usually eat at home or outside the home(at a restaurant)?

Well, it depends. As usual, my parents will cook a meal to treat visitors and have snacks served at teatime. Sometimes, they may prepare days ahead to make a delicious meal for guests. But for me, as I don’t have much experience of cooking, I prefer to book a meal at a restaurant, so do people who are busy with their work, especially for those couples both working, which will save much effort and is convenient as well.

Question: How do people entertain guests at home?

For adults, the host may spend some time to have a talk with them. And then the most common entertainment is card-playing as well as games-playing, as almost everyone can do. For children, offering them video games, or computers will be no better choice.

Question: In your country, what do people generally do when they visit each other?

What people do differs. In general, talking is a common way if they haven’t seen each other for a long time. On some occasions like birthday and marriage parties, people will give the best wish to the host and enjoy the performances and activities on the party.

Question: What do they talk about?

Well, as relatives or close friends, people will talk about something private, such as the changes to them, the problems happened and the result, happy and upsetting things they encountered, their jobs and their future plans. If people know each other through work or if they are not quite familiar with each other, they may talk about current news which is known to everyone, or they can talk about interests they show.

Question: Do people in India treat different kinds of visitors in different ways?

People will treat visitors who are close to them more freely than those who are not. There’s no doubt, if people know their guests well, they will talk about personal matters and do something they all like together. In contrast, treating those acquaintances, the host may politely start a talking which everyone can take part in, making them not feel lonely.