Verbs followed by Gerunds and Infinitives

If you need to follow a verb with another one, you need to use either a gerund or an infinitive, depending on the verb you are using. See an example:

We resumed talking. (gerund – verb + ing)
I want to see a movie. (infinitive – to + base verb)
To do this, we need to learn a big list of verbs that are going to be followed by a gerund or an infinitive, this list is extremely important and the only way to know which verb is followed by what is memorizing it.

FOLLOWED BY A GERUND

FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE

And there are a few verbs that can be followed by either of them:

Love: "I love this song" / "I am loving this song".

Prefer: "I prefer to sleep" / "I prefer sleeping".

Propose: "I try to propose it" / "I try proposing it".

Start: "It started to rain" / "It started raining".

Others: 

Begin

Can´t bear

Can´t stand

Continue

Hate

Like

But, we need to take into account that there are some verbs that chance there meaning when they are followed by a gerund or an infinitive:

Forget: "I forgot to meet him" (It means that you didn´t meet him because you forgot it).

The correct sentence is: "I forgot meeting him" (It means that you do not remember when you met him).

Go on: "He went on to learn English and French" (It means that he spent a time before this happened).

The correct sentence is: "He went on learning English and French" (It means that he is still learning both languages).

Quit: "She quit to work here" (It means that she quit another job to work here).

"She quit working here" (It means that she will not work here anymore because she quit this job).

Regret: "I regret promising to help you" (It means that I am sorry because I promised you something).

"I regret to tell you that we can not hire you" (It means that I am telling you now this and I sorry about it).

Remember: "She remembered visiting her grandmother" (It means that she did not forget to visit her).

"She remembered visiting her grandmother" (It means that she has memories when she did it once).

Stop: "I stopped to call you" (It means that I interrupted another action so I can call you).

"I stopped calling you" (It means that I was calling you but I interrupted).

Try: "I tried to open the window" (It means that I attempted to do it but, I did not happen).

"I tried opening the window" (This was one option I said because the room was hot).