Common verbs followed by a ​gerund​:

Example: He misses playing with his friends.

abhor endure postpone

acknowledge enjoy practice
admit escape prevent
advise evade put off
allow explain recall
anticipate fancy recollect
appreciate fear recommend
avoid feel like report
be worth feign resent
can’t help finish resist
celebrate forgive resume
confess give up (stop) risk
consider keep (continue) shirk
defend keep on shun
delay mention suggest
detest mind (object to) support
discontinue miss tolerate
discuss necessitate understand
dislike omit urge
dispute permit warrant
dread picture

Common verbs followed by an ​infinitive​:

Example: She threatened to quit if she didn't get a raise.

agree decide learn

appear demand manage
arrange deserve mean
ask determine need
attempt elect neglect
beg endeavor offer
can/can’t afford expect pay
can/can’t wait fail plan
care get prepare
chance grow (up) pretend
choose guarantee profess
claim hesitate promise
come hope prove
consent hurry refuse
dare incline remain
 request struggle wait
resolve swear want
say tend wish
seek threaten would like
seem turn out yearn
shudder venture
strive volunteer

Verbs followed by a gerund or infinitive with little to no change in meaning:

Example: It started to rain. / It started raining.

begin hate propose

can’t bear like start
can’t stand love
continue prefer

Verbs followed by a gerund or infinitive with a change in meaning:

I forgot to meet him.
(I didn’t meet him because I forgot to do it.)
forget
I forgot meeting him.
(I don’t have the memory of meeting him before.)

go on He went on to learn English and French. (He ended one period of time before this.)

He went on learning English and French. (He continued learning the languages.)

She quit to work here. (She quit another job in order to work here.)
quit
She quit working here. (She quit her job here. She doesn’t work here anymore.)

I regret promising to help you. (I’m sorry that I made the promise.)
regret
I regret to tell you that we can't hire you. (I’m telling you now, and I’m sorry.)

She remembered to visit her grandmother. (She didn’t forget to visit.)

remember
She remembered visiting her grandmother. (She had memories of this time.)

I stopped to call you. (I interrupted another action in order to call you.)

stop
I stopped calling you. (I stopped this activity. Maybe we had a fight.)

I tried to open the window. (I attempted this action but didn’t succeed.)
try
I tried opening the window. (This was one option I sampled. Maybe the room was hot.)