Sometimes you have to memorize things when learning English grammar. Using mnemonics, it will be easier for you to memorize words. I found some mnemonics from my friend’s thesis. I think he wouldn’t be mad if i post them here for you so you can use it to help you learn English. (Note that some of the acronyms are in Indonesian or Javanese, but if you are not a speaker of Indonesian, you can try still, or create your own :P).
Verbs followed by gerund
BeLiDisCon (Begin, Like, Dislike, Continue)
Forest (Forget, Remember, Stop)
AdA (Admit, Avoid)
PaSuKAn (Postpone, Suggest, Keep, Anticipate)
PRiA (Practice, Risk, Against)
Verbs followed by infinitive
PrAWaNe BegO (Promise, Ask, Want, Need, Beg, Order) <– not a good one, heheh
ADHEM PAk (Arrange, Decide, Hope, Encourage, Mean, Plan and Ask)
Verbs of Perception
He, NOfi LeWat CaFe SeKS Lo (Hear, Notice, Observe, Find, Leave, Watch, Catch, Feel, See, Keep, Smell, Look at)
The last one was created by my teacher back then in highschool. Also not a good one I guess, haha.
Hope it helps ![]()






September 26th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Ha3 these acronyms are from my thesis, it’s fine Nina. hopefully everyone will learn more about that.
September 27th, 2009 at 4:42 am
wooghh, that’s trully my language nin. *proude* dibalang watu
September 28th, 2009 at 2:11 am
learn english more easy,thanks Nina
September 28th, 2009 at 2:39 am
*having a headache*
September 28th, 2009 at 3:42 am
this even confused me more
*dasar stupid*
September 28th, 2009 at 10:39 am
common mnemonic:
ROY G BIV (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet)
It’s a color of rainbow. :p well known in Indonesia as MeJiKuHiBiNiU
October 3rd, 2009 at 11:05 am
jaman mbiyen kan aku senenge tok kon ngapalke ngene tah… tapi tetepp wae ora iso.. .. aku isone mung nurun utowo takok kowe kok nin pas jaman kuwi…. trus saiki implementasi mata kuliyah pada pekerjaan, ya tetep sok takok kowe hahaha.. hora ana kemajuan….
October 4th, 2009 at 7:27 am
thanx…….. So helpful
November 30th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
hihihihi…. maturnuwun for the tips
August 2nd, 2010 at 5:09 am
thank it’s very helpful. may i share it into my webblog?